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Home > Resources > Statistics > Patent Statistics > Breakdown of Number of Patent Applications Filed from 2001 According to Country of Applicant

Breakdown of Number of Patent Applications Filed from 2001 According to Country of Applicant
No. Country / Economy No. of Patent Applications
National 2001 PCT 2001 National 2002 PCT 2002 National 2003 PCT 2003
1. Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0
2. Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0
3. Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0
4. Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0
5. Argentina 0 0 0 0 1 0
6. Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Aruba 0 0 0 1 0 0
8. Australia 9 191 54 225 130 184
9. Austria 3 10 2 17 0 11
10. Bahamas 0 1 1 2 2 3
11. Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0
13. Barbados 0 1 0 3 0 4
14. Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0
15. Belgium 4 54 0 52 2 39
16. Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0
17. Bermuda 1 3 1 3 0 4
18. Brazil 0 3 0 5 1 4
19. British Virgin Islands 4 19 5 22 1 9
20. British West Indies 0 0 0 0 0 0
21. Brunei Darussalam 1 0 0 0 0 0
22. Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0
23. Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0
24. Canada 7 52 1 61 2 65
25. Cayman Islands 0 3 0 6 1 5
26. Channel Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
27. Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0
28. Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 0
29. Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
30. Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 1
31. Croatia 0 4 0 4 0 2
32. Cuba 0 1 0 0 0 5
33. Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 3
34. Czech Republic 0 1 0 1 1 1
35. Czechoslovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0
36. Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0
37. Denmark 0 35 0 52 0 44
38. Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0
39. Dutch Antilles 0 0 0 0 0 0
40. Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0
41. Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0
42. Estonia 0 0 0 1 0 0
43. Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0
44. Finland 3 19 2 63 2 69
45. France 63 201 22 166 25 171
46. Germany 64 503 70 495 81 426
47. Gibraltar 0 2 0 1 0 1
48. Greece 0 2 0 0 0 2
49. Guernsey 0 0 0 0 0 0
50. Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0
51. Hong Kong SAR 17 3 5 12 7 0
52. Hungary 0 5 0 1 0 2
53. Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0
54. India 5 15 1 14 0 30
55. Indonesia 0 1 0 3 0 1
56. Iran(Islamic Republic of) 0 0 0 0 0 0
57. Ireland 3 16 0 8 1 13
58. Isle of Man 0 0 0 0 0 0
59. Israel 11 34 7 42 4 48
60. Italy 12 59 2 59 3 70
61. Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0
62. Japan 1,046 821 780 802 528 743
63. Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0
64. Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0
65. Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0
66. Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0
67. Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0
68. Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0
69. Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 0
70. Liechtenstein 0 5 1 2 1 6
71. Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0
72. Luxembourg 0 3 1 4 1 7
73. Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0
74. Malaysia 16 1 3 3 16 1
75. Malta 0 0 0 1 0 0
76. Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
77. Mauritius 1 0 0 0 0 0
78. Mexico 0 2 0 2 0 2
79. Monaco 0 2 0 7 0 0
80. Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0
81. Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0
82. Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0
83. Netherlands 14 176 25 183 139 166
84. Netherlands Antilles 0 7 1 11 2 2
85. New Herbrides 0 0 0 0 0 0
86. New Zealand 1 21 2 22 5 21
87. Northen Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0
88. Norway 3 30 1 24 0 26
89. Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0
90. Panama 0 0 0 1 0 0
91. Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0
92. Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0
93. People's Republic of China 1 8 6 26 6 21
94. Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 3
95. Poland 0 2 0 0 0 1
96. Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 5
97. Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0
98. Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0
99. Republic of Korea 45 46 53 48 25 38
100. Republic of Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0
101. Republic of Yemen 0 0 0 1 0 0
102. Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0
103. Russian Federation 1 5 0 14 0 4
104. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0
105. Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0
106. San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0
107. Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 1 1 1
108. Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0
109. Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0
110. Singapore 446 78 511 121 502 124
111. Slovakia 0 0 0 1 0 0
112. Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 1
113. South Africa 2 8 0 7 0 8
114. Spain 1 8 1 9 0 12
115. Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0
116. State of Micronesia 0 0 0 0 0 0
117. Sweden 4 126 2 121 1 91
118. Switzerland 80 184 47 207 56 201
119. Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0
120. Taiwan 81 4 71 2 133 4
121. Thailand 1 1 2 1 0 3
122. The Former Yugoslav Rep of Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0
123. Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0
124. Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0
125. Turkey 0 2 0 1 0 0
126. Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
127. Ukraine 0 2 0 0 0 0
128. United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 1 0 1
129. United Kingdom 32 305 39 319 28 269
130. United States of America 715 2,467 516 2,671 492 2,697
131. Uruguay 1 0 0 0 0 0
132. Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0
133. Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0
134. Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0
135. Virgin Island (US) 0 0 0 0 0 0
136. Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0
137. Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0


No. Country / Economy No. of Patent Applications
National 2004 PCT 2004 National 2005 PCT 2005 National 2006 PCT
2006
1. Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0
2. Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0
3. Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0
4. Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 1
5. Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 1
6. Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
8. Australia 84 209 45 152 18 176
9. Austria 0 20 0 14 1 22
10. Bahamas 0 0 1 1 0 0
11. Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0
13. Barbados 0 5 0 0 51 2
14. Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0
15. Belgium 2 56 0 63 4 80
16. Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0
17. Bermuda 5 9 2 9 1 5
18. Brazil 0 9 1 2 2 6
19. British Virgin Islands 1 10 2 5 1 8
20. British West Indies 0 0 0 0 0 0
21. Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
22. Bulgaria 0 0 0 2 0 0
23. Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0
24. Canada 18 69 109 103 79 100
25. Cayman Islands 3 5 0 7 3 1
26. Channel Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
27. Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0
28. Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 0
29. Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
30. Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0
31. Croatia 0 1 0 0 0 1
32. Cuba 0 3 2 4 0 0
33. Cyprus 0 0 0 1 0 2
34. Czech Republic 2 5 0 3 0 1
35. Czechoslovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0
36. Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 1 0 2 0 0
37. Denmark 1 46 2 64 1 60
38. Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0
39. Dutch Antilles 0 0 0 0 0 0
40. Ecuador 1 0 0 0 0 0
41. Egypt 0 0 0 1 0 1
42. Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0
43. Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0
44. Finland 1 44 4 34 8 76
45. France 22 136 42 173 51 190
46. Germany 58 410 68 500 66 458
47. Gibraltar 0 0 0 2 0 0
48. Greece 0 1 0 2 0 0
49. Guernsey 0 0 0 0 0 0
50. Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0
51. Hong Kong SAR 13 0 15 3 8 3
52. Hungary 0 8 0 5 0 12
53. Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0
54. India 2 25 0 32 6 32
55. Indonesia 0 2 3 0 1 0
56. Iran(Islamic Republic of) 0 0 0 0 0 0
57. Ireland 0 23 0 25 3 25
58. Isle of Man 0 0 0 0 0 0
59. Israel 4 62 8 60 5 70
60. Italy 10 82 8 86 12 68
61. Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0
62. Japan 532 674 519 891 379 882
63. Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0
64. Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 1
65. Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0
66. Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0
67. Latvia 0 1 0 0 0 1
68. Lebanon 0 0 0 1 0 0
69. Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 0
70. Liechtenstein 0 5 0 7 1 2
71. Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0
72. Luxembourg 0 16 0 10 0 10
73. Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0
74. Malaysia 13 7 12 6 13 8
75. Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0
76. Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
77. Mauritius 1 0 1 1 1 0
78. Mexico 0 2 0 0 0 6
79. Monaco 0 0 0 2 0 1
80. Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0
81. Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0
82. Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0
83. Netherlands 197 151 116 179 102 260
84. Netherlands Antilles 0 4 1 5 0 7
85. New Herbrides 0 0 0 0 0 0
86. New Zealand 0 23 4 16 7 30
87. Northen Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0
88. Norway 1 37 0 18 1 31
89. Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0
90. Panama 0 0 0 1 0 1
91. Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0
92. Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0
93. People's Republic of China 9 32 11 22 8 44
94. Philippines 0 1 1 0 0 1
95. Poland 0 1 0 0 0 0
96. Portugal 0 2 0 2 1 1
97. Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 2
98. Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0
99. Republic of Korea 35 50 41 101 46 98
100. Republic of Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0
101. Republic of Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0
102. Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0
103. Russian Federation 0 3 1 3 1 2
104. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0
105. Samoa 1 0 0 0 0 0
106. San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0
107. Saudi Arabia 0 1 1 0 0 0
108. Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0
109. Seychelles 0 0 0 1 0 2
110. Singapore 509 132 435 134 404 222
111. Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0
112. Slovenia 0 2 0 3 0 0
113. South Africa 0 3 3 12 0 14
114. Spain 0 16 0 13 1 37
115. Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 1 0
116. State of Micronesia 0 0 0 0 0 0
117. Sweden 5 106 1 101 9 144
118. Switzerland 68 242 64 337 102 345
119. Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0
120. Taiwan 182 4 149 7 91 7
121. Thailand 0 0 1 0 1 1
122. The Former Yugoslav Rep of Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0
123. Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 0
124. Tunisia 1 0 0 0 0 0
125. Turkey 0 0 0 1 0 4
126. Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
127. Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0
128. United Arab Emirates 0 2 0 0 0 4
129. United Kingdom 29 231 43 261 42 295
130. United States of America 535 2,595 684 2,700 691 3,051
131. Uruguay 0 3 0 0 0 0
132. Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 1 0
133. Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0
134. Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0
135. Virgin Island (US) 1 2 0 0 0 0
136. Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0
137. Unknown 0 0 0 0 17 8
(As at Jul 2007)

No. Country / Economy No. of Patent Applications
National 2007 PCT
2007		 National 2008 PCT 2008 National 2009 PCT 2009 National 2010 PCT
2010
1. Afghanistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2. Albania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3. Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
4. Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
5. Argentina 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 0
6. Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8. Australia 14 183 17 194 43 129 33 127
9. Austria 1 43 2 28 10 28 4 31
10. Bahamas 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4
11. Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13. Barbados 10 11 2 16 8 4 2 8
14. Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15. Belgium 11 118 9 74 29 70 26 78
16. Belize 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
17. Bermuda 2 4 1 7 0 12 1 8
18. Brazil 0 5 0 11 0 6 1 11
19. British Virgin Islands Refer to 137
20. British West Indies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21. Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22. Bulgaria 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
23. Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24. Canada 81 78 103 68 61 74 46 84
25. Cayman Islands 3 2 1 4 0 3 2 7
26. Channel Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27. Chile 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
28. Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
29. Cook Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30. Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31. Croatia 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
32. Cuba 0 1 0 9 0 4 0 1
33. Cyprus 0 2 0 6 0 3 2 2
34. Czech Republic 0 5 0 5 0 6 0 6
35. Czechoslovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36. Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37. Denmark 3 78 10 82 6 53 10 61
38. Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39. Dutch Antilles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40. Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41. Egypt 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
42. Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
43. Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44. Finland 5 118 11 90 20 48 15 50
45. France 58 219 62 236 63 237 90 301
46. Germany 89 460 105 484 110 400 151 476
47. Gibraltar 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
48. Greece 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
49. Guernsey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50. Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51. Hong Kong SAR 31 6 14 1 8 3 8 0
52. Hungary 0 8 0 9 1 13 1 7
53. Iceland 0 3 0 1 2 9 1 6
54. India 4 50 4 52 4 32 10 45
55. Indonesia 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
56. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
57. Ireland 4 47 2 28 6 25 13 21
58. Isle of Man 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
59. Israel 5 88 3 87 8 60 17 45
60. Italy 8 89 19 78 15 72 19 72
61. Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
62. Japan 390 916 318 906 356 827 361 892
63. Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
64. Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65. Kenya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66. Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
67. Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
68. Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
69. Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70. Liechtenstein 0 5 0 6 0 1 0 105
71. Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
72. Luxembourg 1 9 0 6 2 3 0 8
73. Macau 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
74. Malaysia 12 6 11 10 14 13 19 14
75. Malta 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
76. Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77. Mauritius 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0
78. Mexico 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 1
79. Monaco 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
80. Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
81. Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
82. Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
83. Netherlands 86 220 80 214 46 130 50 163
84. Netherlands Antilles 5 5 3 5 1 0 0 0
85. New Herbrides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
86. New Zealand 5 18 3 16 4 11 7 18
87. Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
88. Northen Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
89. Norway 1 33 2 27 11 20 12 38
90. Oman 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
91. Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
92. Panama 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 1
93. Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
94. Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
95. People's Republic of China 10 65 17 54 10 64 24 72
96. Philippines 1 1 2 4 4 1 3 0
97. Poland 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
98. Portugal 0 4 0 4 0 7 0 3
99. Puerto Rico 0 4 1 3 1 0 1 1
100. Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
101. Republic of Korea 70 113 48 84 43 78 34 86
102. Republic of Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
103. Republic of Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
104. Romania 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
105. Russian Federation 0 7 0 10 0 7 2 8
106. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
107. Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
108. San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
109. Saudi Arabia 0 0 2 5 0 3 1 1
110. Serbia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
111. Seychelles 0 4 0 0 1 2 0 2
112. Singapore 455 241 535 258 510 240 595 297
113. Slovakia 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
114. Slovenia 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0
115. South Africa 1 4 2 8 2 8 0 10
116. Spain 2 22 2 24 7 22 6 27
117. Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
118. State of Micronesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
119. Sweden 15 153 63 204 107 133 17 111
120. Switzerland 129 402 84 427 108 400 101 400
121. Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
122. Taiwan 114 11 93 10 74 8 94 11
123. Thailand 3 1 3 1 2 2 1 2
124. The Former Yugoslav Rep of Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
125. Trinidad and Tobago 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
126. Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
127. Turkey 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1
128. Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
129. Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
130. United Arab Emirates 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
131. United Kingdom 38 281 47 317 64 216 78 243
132. United States of America 861 3,225 875 3,116 711 2,729 970 2,932
133. Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
134. Vanuatu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
135. Venezuela 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
136. Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
137. Virgin Islands, British 4 13 6 9 1 19 10 19
138. Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
139. Others 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 0
(As at Jan 2011)
   
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