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Breakdown of Number of Patent Grants 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 0 0
6. Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0
8. Australia 56 56 12 87 9 77
9. Austria 3 6 6 17 3 4
10. Bahamas 2 0 1 1 0 1
11. Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0
13. Barbados 0 1 0 0 0 1
14. Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0
15. Belgium 36 24 27 38 2 35
16. Belize 0 0 0 0 0 0
17. Bermuda 0 1 1 0 0 1
18. Brazil 0 2 1 2 0 2
19. British Virgin Islands 17 8 11 20 3 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 0 0 0
23. Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0
24. Canada 28 20 13 43 2 31
25. Cayman Islands 1 0 0 0 0 2
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 0 0 2 0 1
32. Cuba 0 0 0 4 0 0
33. Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0
34. Czech Republic 0 0 0 1 0 0
35. Czechoslovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0
36. Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0
37. Denmark 5 12 2 25 0 15
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 0 0 0
43. Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0
44. Finland 18 25 8 29 1 13
45. France 154 100 83 175 31 112
46. Germany 206 174 159 349 39 239
47. Gibraltar 0 0 2 0 0 1
48. Greece 0 2 0 2 0 1
49. Guernsey 0 0 0 0 0 0
50. Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0
51. Hong Kong SAR 6 0 4 1 5 2
52. Hungary 0 3 0 1 1 0
53. Iceland 1 0 0 0 0 0
54. India 2 0 1 3 3 5
55. Indonesia 1 0 0 1 0 0
56. Iran(Islamic Republic of) 0 0 0 0 0 0
57. Ireland 8 7 2 8 0 12
58. Isle of Man 0 0 0 0 0 0
59. Israel 11 22 12 35 8 26
60. Italy 26 31 17 31 4 33
61. Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0
62. Japan 1,556 390 1,236 588 553 340
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 1 0 0 0
67. Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0
68. Lebanon 1 0 0 0 0 0
69. Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 0
70. Liechtenstein 3 1 3 4 1 1
71. Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0
72. Luxembourg 0 1 4 6 1 4
73. Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0
74. Malaysia 4 1 4 1 1 0
75. Malta 1 0 0 0 0 0
76. Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
77. Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0 0
78. Mexico 1 0 0 1 0 0
79. Monaco 0 1 0 1 0 2
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 153 72 106 156 29 129
84. Netherlands Antilles 49 10 12 13 15 4
85. New Herbrides 0 0 0 0 0 0
86. New Zealand 4 4 1 13 0 13
87. Northen Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0
88. Norway 6 23 3 28 0 16
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 2 9 3 7 4 4
94. Philippines 1 0 0 0 3 0
95. Poland 0 1 0 0 0 2
96. Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0
97. Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0
98. Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0
99. Republic of Korea 35 23 34 16 31 24
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 1 0 1 1 3
104. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 0 0 0
105. Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0
106. San Marino 1 0 0 0 0 0
107. Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 1
108. Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0
109. Seychelles 0 0 0 0 0 0
110. Singapore 150 17 195 48 135 40
111. Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0
112. Slovenia 0 0 0 1 0 0
113. South Africa 3 3 0 10 0 6
114. Spain 2 2 3 8 0 7
115. Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0
116. State of Micronesia 0 0 0 0 0 0
117. Sweden 60 45 22 119 2 80
118. Switzerland 197 78 170 126 59 96
119. Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0
120. Taiwan 44 2 31 2 23 0
121. Thailand 0 0 1 0 1 0
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 1 0 0 0 0
126. Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
127. Ukraine 0 0 0 2 0 0
128. United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0
129. United Kingdom 154 160 82 279 24 161
130. United States of America 1,815 1,053 1,119 1,882 498 1,342
131. Uruguay 0 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
(As at Jul 2007)



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. Antrigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 0
5. Argentina 0 0 1 0 0 0
6. Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Aruba 0 1 0 0 0 0
8. Australia 6 207 6 201 17 217
9. Austria 4 12 2 14 3 11
10. Bahamas 0 1 1 3 0 0
11. Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0
13. Barbados 0 0 0 5 0 4
14. Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0
15. Belgium 3 39 0 46 1 43
16. Belize 0 0 0 0 0 2
17. Bermuda 1 6 0 7 0 6
18. Brazil 0 1 0 10 0 10
19. British Virgin Islands 1 4 0 8 1 12
20. British West Indies 0 0 0 0 0 0
21. Brunei Darussalam 0 0 0 0 0 0
22. Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0
23. Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0
24. Canada 1 37 1 62 5 83
25. Cayman Islands 0 3 0 0 0 3
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 1 0 0
30. Costa Rica 0 0 0 0 0 0
31. Croatia 0 3 0 1 0 0
32. Cuba 0 0 0 5 0 3
33. Cyprus 0 0 0 5 0 1
34. Czech Republic 0 1 0 1 0 2
35. Czechoslovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0
36. Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0
37. Denmark 1 29 1 47 1 55
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 0 0 0
43. Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0
44. Finland 1 44 1 64 0 62
45. France 32 157 35 166 23 165
46. Germany 45 393 48 377 48 384
47. Gibraltar 0 0 0 2 0 1
48. Greece 0 0 0 0 0 1
49. Guernsey 0 0 0 0 0 0
50. Guyana 0 0 0 0 0 0
51. Hong Kong SAR 3 2 9 3 15 3
52. Hungary 0 0 0 3 0 8
53. Iceland 0 1 0 0 0 0
54. India 1 12 4 24 1 24
55. Indonesia 0 3 1 0 0 2
56. Iran(Islamic Republic of) 0 0 0 0 0 0
57. Ireland 0 6 0 11 3 23
58. Isle of Man 0 0 0 0 0 0
59. Israel 3 28 6 42 4 42
60. Italy 8 46 4 62 2 90
61. Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0
62. Japan 654 601 830 786 633 869
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 4 0 5 2 6
71. Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0
72. Luxembourg 0 4 0 6 0 8
73. Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0
74. Malaysia 4 3 8 3 7 7
75. Malta 0 1 0 0 0 0
76. Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0
77. Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0 0
78. Mexico 0 0 0 2 0 2
79. Monaco 0 2 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 32 162 39 198 85 190
84. Netherlands Antilles 7 7 5 10 3 5
85. New Herbrides 0 0 0 0 0 0
86. New Zealand 1 17 0 18 6 21
87. Northen Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0
88. Norway 3 23 1 29 1 37
89. Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0
90. Panama 0 0 0 0 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 2 16 2 22 3 26
94. Philippines 0 0 0 0 1 1
95. Poland 0 0 0 0 0 2
96. Portugal 0 1 0 1 0 3
97. Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 1
98. Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0
99. Republic of Korea 24 34 34 39 40 62
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 1 5 3 8 0 0
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 0 1
108. Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0
109. Seychelles 0 1 0 0 0 1
110. Singapore 320 80 417 138 291 147
111. Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0
112. Slovenia 0 0 0 1 0 2
113. South Africa 1 6 1 5 0 10
114. Spain 2 5 0 11 0 17
115. Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0
116. State of Micronesia 0 0 0 0 0 0
117. Sweden 5 82 4 99 1 101
118. Switzerland 60 151 72 206 53 267
119. Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0
120. Taiwan 44 0 52 5 65 5
121. Thailand 3 1 0 0 0 0
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 0 0 2 0 0
126. Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 1 0 0
127. Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0
128. United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 1 0 2
129. United Kingdom 19 208 31 238 21 228
130. United States of America 466 1,768 472 2,572 356 2,411
131. Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0
132. Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0
133. Venezuela 0 0 0 0 1 0
134. Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0
135. Virgin Island (US) 3 2 0 0 2 0
136. Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0
137. Unknown 0 0 0 0 0 0
(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 0 0 0
4. Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5. Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6. Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7. Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8. Australia 44 149 81 109 89 106 10 98
9. Austria 1 23 0 20 0 14 0 18
10. Bahamas 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 1
11. Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12. Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13. Barbados 0 1 13 3 36 8 1 7
14. Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15. Belgium 2 56 7 37 2 35 0 32
16. Belize 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
17. Bermuda 0 8 0 7 0 1 0 0
18. Brazil 2 7 0 1 2 4 0 2
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 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
23. Cambodia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24. Canada 30 104 77 58 41 30 26 38
25. Cayman Islands 1 5 2 6 2 1 0 6
26. Channel Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27. Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
28. Columbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
32. Cuba 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 1
33. Cyprus 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 2
34. Czech Republic 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2
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 0 52 0 46 1 41 1 50
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 0 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 56 3 28 6 57 5 53
45. France 33 173 51 119 37 126 35 141
46. Germany 65 477 51 269 40 274 62 204
47. Gibraltar 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
48. Greece 0 1 0 0 0 2 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 10 1 17 1 3 1 3 2
252. Hungary 0 12 1 3 0 8 0 4
53. Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
54. India 0 24 2 33 4 25 2 20
55. Indonesia 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
56. Iran(Islamic Republic of) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
57. Ireland 1 21 6 12 2 20 0 13
58. Isle of Man 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
59. Israel 6 69 4 53 2 41 3 35
60. Italy 10 81 4 44 5 43 5 44
61. Jamaica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
62. Japan 552 865 455 724 317 686 252 474
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 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
68. Lebanon 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
69. Liberia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
70. Liechtenstein 0 7 0 3 1 4 0 2
71. Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
72. Luxembourg 0 5 0 9 0 5 0 9
73. Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
74. Malaysia 10 7 9 10 10 6 8 6
75. Malta 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
76. Marshall Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77. Mauritius 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
78. Mexico 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0
79. Monaco 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0
80. Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
81. Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
82. Myanmar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
83. Netherlands 195 176 175 141 85 139 31 95
84. Netherlands Antilles 0 3 2 4 2 4 2 0
85. New Herbrides 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
86. New Zealand 3 23 2 14 1 5 2 5
87. Northen Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88. Norway 2 26 1 16 0 31 2 14
89. Oman 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
90. Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
91. Panama 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
92. Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
93. Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
94. People's Republic of China 4 31 7 43 7 29 7 40
95. Philippines 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
96. Poland 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0
97. Portugal 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3
98. Puerto Rico 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 0
99. Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
100. Republic of Korea 44 121 38 86 25 67 40 60
101. Republic of Moldova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
102. Republic of Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
103. Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
104. Russian Federation 1 2 1 3 0 4 0 8
105. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
106. Saint Vincent and The Grenadines 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
107. Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
108. San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
109. Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
110. Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
111. Seychelles 0 5 0 3 0 2 0 0
112. Singapore 274 193 315 186 259 214 184 185
113. Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
114. Slovenia 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0
115. South Africa 0 9 1 5 1 1 1 5
116. Spain 0 26 0 9 0 14 1 5
117. Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
118. State of Micronesia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
119. Sweden 2 80 4 71 5 82 3 76
120. Switzerland 84 277 67 244 64 217 61 196
121. Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
122. Taiwan 108 5 156 2 83 4 49 5
123. Thailand 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 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 0 0 0
126. Tunisia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
127. Turkey 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1
128. Turks and Caicos Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
129. Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
130. United Arab Emirates 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0
131. United Kingdom 17 238 42 141 26 158 20 142
132. United States of America 427 2,077 515 1,566 332 1,568 244 1,254
133. Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
134. Vanuatu 0 0 0 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 1 10  3

10

 2 4 5 4
138. Yugoslavia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
139. Others 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0

(As at Jan 2011)
   
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