High income OECD countries Compared by Industry > Patent applications > Nonresidents
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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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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | United States | 171,935 | 2004 | ||
2 | Japan | 60,739 | 2004 | ||
3 | South Korea | 35,088 | 2004 | ||
4 | Canada | 33,298 | 2003 | ||
5 | Australia | 21,651 | 2004 | ||
6 | United Kingdom | 11,138 | 2004 | ||
7 | Germany | 10,905 | 2004 | ||
8 | Norway | 9,320 | 2001 | ||
9 | Israel | 8,929 | 2003 | ||
10 | Poland | 5,359 | 2004 | ||
11 | New Zealand | 4,952 | 2004 | ||
12 | France | 3,060 | 2004 | ||
13 | Chile | 2,879 | 2000 | ||
14 | Italy | 1,396 | 2000 | ||
15 | Czech Republic | 633 | 2004 | ||
16 | Netherlands | 556 | 2004 | ||
17 | Austria | 549 | 2004 | ||
18 | Iceland | 529 | 2004 | ||
19 | Sweden | 478 | 2004 | ||
20 | Switzerland | 466 | 2002 | ||
21 | Spain | 320 | 2004 | ||
22 | Slovakia | 239 | 2004 | ||
23 | Finland | 216 | 2004 | ||
24 | Belgium | 188 | 2003 | ||
25 | Denmark | 172 | 2004 | ||
26 | Estonia | 97 | 2004 | ||
27 | Portugal | 66 | 2004 | ||
28 | Ireland | 58 | 2004 | ||
29 | Slovenia | 42 | 2004 | ||
30 | Greece | 27 | 2004 | ||
31 | Luxembourg | 8 | 2003 |
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Interesting observations about Industry > Patent applications > Nonresidents
- United States has had the highest patent applications > nonresidents since 1985.
- United Kingdom ranked first for patent applications > nonresidents amongst European Union in 2004.
- China ranked first for patent applications > nonresidents amongst Emerging markets in 2004.
- Germany ranked second for patent applications > nonresidents amongst Europe in 2004.
- Canada ranked first for patent applications > nonresidents amongst NATO countries in 2003.
- Russia ranked first for patent applications > nonresidents amongst Eastern Europe in 2004.
- Japan ranked second for patent applications > nonresidents amongst High income OECD countries in 2004.
- France ranked second for patent applications > nonresidents amongst Eurozone in 2004.
- Italy ranked last for patent applications > nonresidents amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2000.
- Brazil ranked first for patent applications > nonresidents amongst Catholic countries in 2004.