# | Flag | Country | Patent applications, nonresidentsPatent applications, nonresidents | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United States | 313,052 | 2017 | |
2 | China | 135,885 | 2017 | |
3 | Japan | 58,189 | 2017 | |
4 | South Korea | 45,691 | 2017 | |
5 | India | 31,621 | 2017 | |
6 | Canada | 30,969 | 2017 | |
7 | Australia | 26,403 | 2017 | |
8 | Brazil | 20,178 | 2017 | |
9 | Germany | 19,927 | 2017 | |
10 | Mexico | 15,850 | 2017 | |
11 | Russia | 14,106 | 2017 | |
12 | Hong Kong | 12,975 | 2017 | |
13 | Singapore | 9,321 | 2017 | |
14 | United Kingdom | 8,771 | 2017 | |
15 | Indonesia | 7,032 | 2017 | |
16 | Thailand | 6,886 | 2017 | |
17 | South Africa | 6,816 | 2017 | |
18 | Malaysia | 5,906 | 2017 | |
19 | Israel | 5,377 | 2017 | |
20 | New Zealand | 5,146 | 2017 | |
21 | Vietnam | 4,790 | 2017 | |
22 | Philippines | 3,072 | 2017 | |
23 | Argentina | 3,050 | 2017 | |
24 | Chile | 2,469 | 2017 | |
25 | Saudi Arabia | 2,282 | 2017 | |
26 | Morocco | 2,026 | 2017 | |
27 | France | 1,832 | 2017 | |
28 | Colombia | 1,777 | 2017 | |
29 | Ukraine | 1,764 | 2017 | |
30 | United Arab Emirates | 1,748 | 2017 | |
31 | Egypt | 1,231 | 2016 | |
32 | Peru | 1,119 | 2017 | |
33 | Italy | 1,031 | 2017 | |
34 | Iran | 995 | 2017 | |
35 | Norway | 908 | 2017 | |
36 | Nigeria | 869 | 2013 | |
37 | Algeria | 594 | 2017 | |
38 | Qatar | 574 | 2017 | |
39 | Luxembourg | 512 | 2017 | |
40 | Pakistan | 505 | 2017 | |
41 | Costa Rica | 504 | 2017 | |
42 | Uruguay | 500 | 2017 | |
43 | San Marino | 454 | 2016 | |
44 | Rwanda | 453 | 2017 | |
45 | Ecuador | 401 | 2017 | |
46 | Oman | 387 | 2017 | |
47 | Tunisia | 383 | 2017 | |
48 | Turkey | 380 | 2017 | |
49 | Panama | 376 | 2017 | |
50 | Netherlands | 365 | 2017 | |
51 | Paraguay | 347 | 2010 | |
52 | Venezuela | 338 | 2017 | |
53 | Sweden | 305 | 2017 | |
54 | Switzerland | 291 | 2017 | |
55 | Denmark | 282 | 2017 | |
56 | Bolivia | 277 | 2017 | |
57 | Guatemala | 275 | 2017 | |
58 | Dominican Republic | 269 | 2017 | |
59 | Sri Lanka | 266 | 2017 | |
60 | Bangladesh | 241 | 2017 | |
61 | Bahrain | 237 | 2017 | |
62 | Austria | 232 | 2017 | |
63 | Belgium | 216 | 2017 | |
64 | Uzbekistan | 196 | 2017 | |
65 | Lebanon | 194 | 2015 | |
66 | Honduras | 189 | 2017 | |
67 | El Salvador | 178 | 2017 | |
68 | Spain | 176 | 2017 | |
69 | Jordan | 174 | 2017 | |
70 | Kazakhstan | 173 | 2017 | |
71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 171 | 2017 | |
72 | Georgia | 157 | 2017 | |
73 | Cuba | 145 | 2017 | |
74 | Nicaragua | 145 | 2014 | |
75 | Finland | 139 | 2017 | |
76 | Poland | 117 | 2017 | |
77 | Mongolia | 104 | 2017 | |
78 | Iraq | 101 | 2017 | |
79 | Brunei | 99 | 2017 | |
80 | Greece | 91 | 2017 | |
81 | Belarus | 90 | 2017 | |
82 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 86 | 1984 | |
83 | Republic of Ireland | 86 | 2017 | |
84 | Romania | 80 | 2017 | |
85 | Macao | 67 | 2017 | |
86 | Czech Republic | 66 | 2017 | |
87 | Cambodia | 65 | 2015 | |
88 | Jamaica | 57 | 2017 | |
89 | The Bahamas | 48 | 2017 | |
90 | Papua New Guinea | 46 | 2015 | |
91 | Lithuania | 46 | 2017 | |
92 | Kenya | 43 | 2017 | |
93 | Nepal | 43 | 2017 | |
94 | Madagascar | 42 | 2017 | |
95 | Montenegro | 41 | 2012 | |
96 | Barbados | 41 | 2016 | |
97 | Belize | 37 | 2016 | |
98 | Moldova | 37 | 2017 | |
99 | Portugal | 36 | 2017 | |
100 | Hungary | 36 | 2017 | |
101 | Republic of the Congo | 27 | 1996 | |
102 | North Korea | 27 | 2012 | |
103 | Ethiopia | 25 | 2007 | |
104 | Mozambique | 25 | 2016 | |
105 | Bulgaria | 23 | 2017 | |
106 | Guyana | 23 | 2017 | |
107 | Slovakia | 23 | 2017 | |
108 | Libya | 23 | 1996 | |
109 | Liberia | 21 | 1993 | |
110 | Azerbaijan | 19 | 2016 | |
111 | Haiti | 19 | 2014 | |
112 | Mauritius | 18 | 2017 | |
113 | Monaco | 17 | 2017 | |
114 | Grenada | 17 | 2016 | |
115 | Fiji | 17 | 1986 | |
116 | Syria | 16 | 2017 | |
117 | Namibia | 15 | 2017 | |
118 | Serbia | 13 | 2017 | |
119 | Yemen | 13 | 2017 | |
120 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 | 2017 | |
121 | Sudan | 12 | 2017 | |
122 | Ghana | 11 | 2017 | |
123 | Croatia | 11 | 2017 | |
124 | Slovenia | 11 | 2011 | |
125 | Zambia | 10 | 2017 | |
126 | Saint Kitts And Nevis | 9 | 2017 | |
127 | Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 2017 | |
128 | Iceland | 8 | 2017 | |
129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8 | 2017 | |
130 | Saint Lucia | 7 | 2001 | |
131 | Mali | 7 | 1981 | |
132 | Somalia | 7 | 1985 | |
133 | Latvia | 7 | 2017 | |
134 | Andorra | 6 | 2017 | |
135 | Seychelles | 6 | 1996 | |
136 | Albania | 5 | 2015 | |
137 | Turkmenistan | 5 | 1999 | |
138 | Sierra Leone | 5 | 1995 | |
139 | Zimbabwe | 5 | 2016 | |
140 | Cyprus | 4 | 2017 | |
141 | Burundi | 4 | 1996 | |
142 | Botswana | 4 | 2017 | |
143 | Republic of Macedonia | 4 | 2013 | |
144 | Gambia | 4 | 2017 | |
145 | Estonia | 4 | 2017 | |
146 | Djibouti | 4 | 2014 | |
147 | Samoa | 3 | 2015 | |
148 | Uganda | 3 | 2014 | |
149 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 3 | 2014 | |
150 | Bhutan | 3 | 2017 | |
151 | Armenia | 3 | 2017 | |
152 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 2017 | |
153 | Solomon Islands | 2 | 1989 | |
154 | Lesotho | 2 | 1995 | |
155 | Swaziland | 2 | 2015 | |
156 | Kiribati | 2 | 1999 | |
157 | Dominica | 2 | 1995 | |
158 | Angola | 2 | 1992 | |
159 | Tanzania | 1 | 2015 | |
160 | Malawi | 1 | 2016 | |
161 | Tajikistan | 1 | 2015 | |
162 | Malta | 1 | 2016 | |
163 | Ivory Coast | 1 | 2012 |