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Patent Applications By Residents

total applications by country residents

Rank
Country
total applications by country residents
Current
Previous
1
1
China flag
China
1.4M
2
2
United States flag
United States
262.2K
3
3
Japan flag
Japan
222.5K
4
4
South Korea flag
South Korea
186.2K
5
5
Germany flag
Germany
39.8K
6
7
India flag
India
26.3K
7
6
Russia flag
Russia
19.6K
8
8
France flag
France
13.4K
9
9
United Kingdom flag
United Kingdom
11.6K
10
11
Italy flag
Italy
10.3K
11
10
Iran flag
Iran
10.2K
12
12
Turkey flag
Turkey
8.2K
13
13
North Korea flag
North Korea
6.9K
14
15
Canada flag
Canada
4.7K
15
14
Brazil flag
Brazil
4.7K
16
16
Poland flag
Poland
3.4K
17
17
Australia flag
Australia
3.0K
18
18
Netherlands flag
Netherlands
2.1K
19
20
Singapore flag
Singapore
2.0K
20
19
Austria flag
Austria
1.9K
21
43
South Africa flag
South Africa
1.8K
22
21
Sweden flag
Sweden
1.8K
23
22
Israel flag
Israel
1.6K
24
23
Finland flag
Finland
1.6K
25
28
Saudi Arabia flag
Saudi Arabia
1.4K
26
27
Indonesia flag
Indonesia
1.4K
27
24
Spain flag
Spain
1.3K
28
26
Ukraine flag
Ukraine
1.3K
29
25
Switzerland flag
Switzerland
1.3K
30
30
Mexico flag
Mexico
1.1K
31
29
Denmark flag
Denmark
1.1K
32
31
Vietnam flag
Vietnam
1.1K
33
35
Norway flag
Norway
946
34
32
Malaysia flag
Malaysia
883
35
33
Egypt flag
Egypt
881
36
36
Thailand flag
Thailand
867
37
39
Kazakhstan flag
Kazakhstan
803
38
37
Belgium flag
Belgium
799
39
38
Romania flag
Romania
772
40
41
Portugal flag
Portugal
711
41
40
Iraq flag
Iraq
635
42
42
Czech Republic flag
Czech Republic
541
43
44
Philippines flag
Philippines
490
44
46
Hungary flag
Hungary
433
45
50
Colombia flag
Colombia
432
46
55
Pakistan flag
Pakistan
426
47
51
Uzbekistan flag
Uzbekistan
413
48
45
Nigeria flag
Nigeria
410
49
34
Argentina flag
Argentina
406
50
49
Chile flag
Chile
402
51
47
Hong Kong flag
Hong Kong
401
52
48
Greece flag
Greece
394
53
53
New Zealand flag
New Zealand
330
54
56
Belarus flag
Belarus
276
55
63
Algeria flag
Algeria
268
56
52
Sri Lanka flag
Sri Lanka
266
57
57
Morocco flag
Morocco
254
58
60
Slovenia flag
Slovenia
222
59
62
Tunisia flag
Tunisia
180
60
58
Bulgaria flag
Bulgaria
165
61
54
Kenya flag
Kenya
160
62
59
Sudan flag
Sudan
153
63
61
Slovakia flag
Slovakia
146
64
64
Serbia flag
Serbia
138
65
70
Azerbaijan flag
Azerbaijan
119
66
65
Luxembourg flag
Luxembourg
112
67
74
Lebanon flag
Lebanon
110
68
77
Mongolia flag
Mongolia
109
69
69
Latvia flag
Latvia
104
70
75
Syria flag
Syria
102
71
89
Venezuela flag
Venezuela
96
72
66
Peru flag
Peru
94
73
72
Georgia flag
Georgia
90
74
136
Angola flag
Angola
85
75
78
Kyrgyzstan flag
Kyrgyzstan
83
76
68
Lithuania flag
Lithuania
81
77
67
Croatia flag
Croatia
77
78
76
Ireland flag
Ireland
75
79
86
Bangladesh flag
Bangladesh
74
80
92
Barbados flag
Barbados
73
81
84
Democratic Republic of the Congo flag
Democratic Republic of the Congo
72
82
87
United Arab Emirates flag
United Arab Emirates
69
83
71
Moldova flag
Moldova
64
84
81
Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and Herzegovina
53
85
72
Qatar flag
Qatar
47
86
85
Turkmenistan flag
Turkmenistan
44
87
82
Macedonia flag
Macedonia
42
88
136
Guyana flag
Guyana
40
88
78
Armenia flag
Armenia
40
90
90
Ecuador flag
Ecuador
35
90
95
Panama flag
Panama
35
92
83
Iceland flag
Iceland
34
93
93
Mozambique flag
Mozambique
30
93
106
Oman flag
Oman
30
95
151
Ivory Coast flag
Ivory Coast
26
96
88
Jordan flag
Jordan
25
96
96
Estonia flag
Estonia
25
98
125
Albania flag
Albania
23
98
93
Uruguay flag
Uruguay
23
100
90
Cuba flag
Cuba
21
101
80
Yemen flag
Yemen
20
101
106
Nepal flag
Nepal
20
103
123
Republic of the Congo flag
Republic of the Congo
19
104
108
Jamaica flag
Jamaica
16
105
115
Liberia flag
Liberia
14
105
115
Rwanda flag
Rwanda
14
105
102
Uganda flag
Uganda
14
108
98
Zambia flag
Zambia
13
109
102
Ghana flag
Ghana
12
109
99
Costa Rica flag
Costa Rica
12
109
115
Libya flag
Libya
12
112
101
Paraguay flag
Paraguay
10
113
113
Guatemala flag
Guatemala
9
114
125
Honduras flag
Honduras
8
114
110
Zimbabwe flag
Zimbabwe
8
114
96
Namibia flag
Namibia
8
117
110
San Marino flag
San Marino
7
117
108
Dominican Republic flag
Dominican Republic
7
119
115
Madagascar flag
Madagascar
6
119
115
Mauritius flag
Mauritius
6
119
102
Ethiopia flag
Ethiopia
6
122
115
Malta flag
Malta
5
122
115
Monaco flag
Monaco
5
122
99
Montenegro flag
Montenegro
5
122
151
Antigua and Barbuda flag
Antigua and Barbuda
5
122
112
Bolivia flag
Bolivia
5
127
129
Bahamas flag
Bahamas
4
128
144
Djibouti flag
Djibouti
3
128
113
Bahrain flag
Bahrain
3
128
115
Malawi flag
Malawi
3
128
129
Andorra flag
Andorra
3
128
136
Botswana flag
Botswana
3
128
151
Seychelles flag
Seychelles
3
134
136
Haiti flag
Haiti
2
134
125
El Salvador flag
El Salvador
2
134
136
Burundi flag
Burundi
2
134
123
Brunei flag
Brunei
2
134
151
Fiji flag
Fiji
2
134
129
Macao flag
Macao
2
134
151
Grenada flag
Grenada
2
134
129
Saint Lucia flag
Saint Lucia
2
134
144
Trinidad and Tobago flag
Trinidad and Tobago
2
134
144
Burkina Faso flag
Burkina Faso
2
144
151
Aruba flag
Aruba
1
144
151
Mali flag
Mali
1
144
151
Belize flag
Belize
1
144
129
Cambodia flag
Cambodia
1
144
129
Nicaragua flag
Nicaragua
1
144
151
Somalia flag
Somalia
1
144
129
Laos flag
Laos
1
144
136
Samoa flag
Samoa
1
144
136
Tajikistan flag
Tajikistan
1
144
136
Cyprus flag
Cyprus
1
144
125
Lesotho flag
Lesotho
1
144
144
Papua New Guinea flag
Papua New Guinea
1
144
102
Kuwait flag
Kuwait
1
144
144
Cape Verde flag
Cape Verde
1
144
144
Bhutan flag
Bhutan
1
144
144
Tanzania flag
Tanzania
1