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DEFINITION
Patent applications are applications filed with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.
Industry Statistics > Patent applications, residents (2003) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Japan :
358,184
2003
Industry in Japan
# 2
United States :
184,758
2003
Industry in United States
# 3
Korea, South :
90,313
2003
Industry in Korea, South
# 4
China :
56,769
2003
Industry in China
# 5
Germany :
47,328
2003
Industry in Germany
# 6
Russia :
24,969
2003
Industry in Russia
# 7
United Kingdom :
20,124
2003
Industry in United Kingdom
# 8
France :
13,511
2003
Industry in France
# 9
Ukraine :
11,129
2003
Industry in Ukraine
# 10
Australia :
8,261
2003
Industry in Australia
# 11
India :
4,896
2003
Industry in India
# 12
Canada :
3,929
2003
Industry in Canada
# 13
Brazil :
3,652
2003
Industry in Brazil
# 14
Sweden :
3,025
2003
Industry in Sweden
# 15
Spain :
2,804
2003
Industry in Spain
# 16
Netherlands :
2,288
2003
Industry in Netherlands
# 17
Poland :
2,268
2003
Industry in Poland
# 18
Finland :
1,972
2003
Industry in Finland
# 19
Austria :
1,902
2003
Industry in Austria
# 20
New Zealand :
1,845
2003
Industry in New Zealand
# 21
Denmark :
1,772
2003
Industry in Denmark
# 22
Kazakhstan :
1,696
2003
Industry in Kazakhstan
# 23
Israel :
1,329
2003
Industry in Israel
# 24
Belarus :
1,081
2003
Industry in Belarus
# 25
Uzbekistan :
931
2003
Industry in Uzbekistan
# 26
Romania :
881
2003
Industry in Romania
# 27
Ireland :
862
2003
Industry in Ireland
# 28
Argentina :
792
2003
Industry in Argentina
# 29
Hungary :
756
2003
Industry in Hungary
# 30
Thailand :
681
2003
Industry in Thailand
# 31
Singapore :
626
2003
Industry in Singapore
# 32
Czech Republic :
625
2003
Industry in Czech Republic
# 33
Belgium :
519
2003
Industry in Belgium
# 34
Greece :
516
2003
Industry in Greece
# 35
Turkey :
465
2003
Industry in Turkey
# 36
Mexico :
452
2003
Industry in Mexico
# 37
Croatia :
387
2003
Industry in Croatia
# 38
Serbia and Montenegro :
381
2003
Industry in Serbia and Montenegro
# 39
Moldova :
293
2003
Industry in Moldova
# 40
Slovenia :
287
2003
Industry in Slovenia
# 41
Bulgaria :
278
2003
Industry in Bulgaria
# 42
Slovakia :
210
2003
Industry in Slovakia
# 43
Indonesia :
201
2003
Industry in Indonesia
# 44
Georgia :
194
2003
Industry in Georgia
# 45
Kyrgyzstan :
179
2003
Industry in Kyrgyzstan
# 46
Mongolia :
167
2003
Industry in Mongolia
# 47
Armenia :
151
2003
Industry in Armenia
# 48
Portugal :
125
2003
Industry in Portugal
# 49
Hong Kong :
107
2003
Industry in Hong Kong
# 50
Sri Lanka :
95
2003
Industry in Sri Lanka
# 51
Latvia :
91
2003
Industry in Latvia
# 52
Iceland :
57
2003
Industry in Iceland
# 53
Macedonia, Republic of :
46
2003
Industry in Macedonia, Republic of
# 54
Uruguay :
45
2003
Industry in Uruguay
# 55
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
32
2003
Industry in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 56
Algeria :
30
2003
Industry in Algeria
# 57
Estonia :
18
2003
Industry in Estonia
# 58
Luxembourg :
16
2003
Industry in Luxembourg
# 59
Cyprus :
12
2003
Industry in Cyprus
# 60
Paraguay :
12
2003
Industry in Paraguay
# 61
Monaco :
5
2003
Industry in Monaco
# 62
Madagascar :
3
2003
Industry in Madagascar
Total :
861,333
Weighted average:
13,892.5
DEFINITION: Patent applications are applications filed with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.
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"Patent applications, residents (2003) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/ind_pat_app_res-industry-patent-applications-residents&date=2003
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