| # | 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 |