# | Flag | Country | Patent applications, residentsPatent applications, residents | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 1,245,709 | 2017 | |
2 | United States | 293,904 | 2017 | |
3 | Japan | 260,290 | 2017 | |
4 | South Korea | 159,084 | 2017 | |
5 | Germany | 47,785 | 2017 | |
6 | Russia | 22,777 | 2017 | |
7 | Iran | 15,264 | 2017 | |
8 | India | 14,961 | 2017 | |
9 | France | 14,415 | 2017 | |
10 | United Kingdom | 13,301 | 2017 | |
11 | Italy | 8,643 | 2017 | |
12 | North Korea | 8,354 | 2012 | |
13 | Turkey | 8,175 | 2017 | |
14 | Brazil | 5,480 | 2017 | |
15 | Canada | 4,053 | 2017 | |
16 | Poland | 3,924 | 2017 | |
17 | Australia | 2,503 | 2017 | |
18 | Ukraine | 2,283 | 2017 | |
19 | Indonesia | 2,271 | 2017 | |
20 | Netherlands | 2,241 | 2017 | |
21 | Spain | 2,167 | 2017 | |
22 | Austria | 2,073 | 2017 | |
23 | Sweden | 1,992 | 2017 | |
24 | Singapore | 1,609 | 2017 | |
25 | Denmark | 1,490 | 2017 | |
26 | Israel | 1,436 | 2017 | |
27 | Finland | 1,390 | 2017 | |
28 | Switzerland | 1,337 | 2017 | |
29 | Mexico | 1,334 | 2017 | |
30 | Malaysia | 1,166 | 2017 | |
31 | Norway | 1,152 | 2017 | |
32 | Romania | 1,098 | 2017 | |
33 | Kazakhstan | 1,055 | 2017 | |
34 | New Zealand | 1,014 | 2017 | |
35 | Belgium | 1,001 | 2017 | |
36 | Thailand | 979 | 2017 | |
37 | Egypt | 918 | 2016 | |
38 | Saudi Arabia | 909 | 2017 | |
39 | Czech Republic | 794 | 2017 | |
40 | South Africa | 728 | 2017 | |
41 | Portugal | 644 | 2017 | |
42 | Iraq | 613 | 2017 | |
43 | Colombia | 595 | 2017 | |
44 | Vietnam | 592 | 2017 | |
45 | Greece | 498 | 2017 | |
46 | Hungary | 496 | 2017 | |
47 | Slovenia | 470 | 2011 | |
48 | Belarus | 434 | 2017 | |
49 | Chile | 425 | 2017 | |
50 | Argentina | 393 | 2017 | |
51 | Uzbekistan | 357 | 2017 | |
52 | Hong Kong | 324 | 2017 | |
53 | Philippines | 323 | 2017 | |
54 | Sudan | 281 | 2017 | |
55 | Sri Lanka | 277 | 2017 | |
56 | Bulgaria | 202 | 2017 | |
57 | Morocco | 198 | 2017 | |
58 | Pakistan | 193 | 2017 | |
59 | Republic of Ireland | 183 | 2017 | |
60 | Slovakia | 183 | 2017 | |
61 | Tunisia | 172 | 2017 | |
62 | Serbia | 171 | 2017 | |
63 | Luxembourg | 156 | 2017 | |
64 | Algeria | 149 | 2017 | |
65 | Croatia | 148 | 2017 | |
66 | Azerbaijan | 144 | 2016 | |
67 | Kyrgyzstan | 137 | 2017 | |
68 | Kenya | 135 | 2017 | |
69 | Mongolia | 124 | 2017 | |
70 | Syria | 120 | 2017 | |
71 | Lebanon | 110 | 2015 | |
72 | Armenia | 107 | 2017 | |
73 | Peru | 100 | 2017 | |
74 | Venezuela | 96 | 2017 | |
75 | Latvia | 90 | 2017 | |
76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 87 | 2017 | |
77 | Lithuania | 81 | 2017 | |
78 | Georgia | 75 | 2017 | |
79 | Moldova | 73 | 2017 | |
80 | Bangladesh | 61 | 2017 | |
81 | Bolivia | 59 | 2017 | |
82 | United Arab Emirates | 52 | 2017 | |
83 | Nigeria | 50 | 2013 | |
84 | Turkmenistan | 44 | 1999 | |
85 | Republic of Macedonia | 42 | 2013 | |
86 | Estonia | 37 | 2017 | |
87 | Iceland | 36 | 2017 | |
88 | Panama | 33 | 2017 | |
89 | Cuba | 29 | 2017 | |
90 | Jordan | 26 | 2017 | |
91 | Ivory Coast | 26 | 2012 | |
92 | Uruguay | 23 | 2017 | |
93 | Dominican Republic | 20 | 2017 | |
94 | Nepal | 20 | 2017 | |
95 | Qatar | 19 | 2017 | |
96 | Republic of the Congo | 19 | 1988 | |
97 | Costa Rica | 19 | 2017 | |
98 | Paraguay | 18 | 2010 | |
99 | Monaco | 18 | 2017 | |
100 | Uganda | 16 | 2016 | |
101 | Ecuador | 16 | 2017 | |
102 | Mozambique | 15 | 2016 | |
103 | Yemen | 15 | 2017 | |
104 | Ghana | 15 | 2017 | |
105 | Liberia | 14 | 1993 | |
106 | Albania | 14 | 2015 | |
107 | Ethiopia | 12 | 2007 | |
108 | Zambia | 12 | 2017 | |
109 | Libya | 12 | 1996 | |
110 | Jamaica | 11 | 2017 | |
111 | Namibia | 10 | 2017 | |
112 | Montenegro | 10 | 2016 | |
113 | Madagascar | 9 | 2017 | |
114 | Bahrain | 8 | 2017 | |
115 | Democratic Republic Of Congo | 8 | 1984 | |
116 | Brunei | 8 | 2017 | |
117 | Zimbabwe | 8 | 2016 | |
118 | Cyprus | 8 | 2017 | |
119 | Oman | 4 | 2017 | |
120 | Bhutan | 4 | 2016 | |
121 | The Bahamas | 4 | 2017 | |
122 | San Marino | 4 | 2016 | |
123 | El Salvador | 4 | 2017 | |
124 | Angola | 4 | 1992 | |
125 | Honduras | 4 | 2017 | |
126 | Malta | 3 | 2016 | |
127 | Malawi | 3 | 2016 | |
128 | Guatemala | 3 | 2017 | |
129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2016 | |
130 | Botswana | 3 | 2017 | |
131 | Rwanda | 3 | 2017 | |
132 | Cambodia | 2 | 2014 | |
133 | Burkina Faso | 2 | 2010 | |
134 | Haiti | 2 | 2014 | |
135 | Fiji | 2 | 1980 | |
136 | Tajikistan | 2 | 2013 | |
137 | Lesotho | 1 | 1996 | |
138 | Belize | 1 | 2006 | |
139 | Guyana | 1 | 2014 | |
140 | Samoa | 1 | 2015 | |
141 | Tanzania | 1 | 2015 | |
142 | Burundi | 1 | 1996 | |
143 | Somalia | 1 | 1984 | |
144 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 2015 | |
145 | Macao | 1 | 2017 | |
146 | Mali | 1 | 1981 | |
147 | Nicaragua | 1 | 2014 | |
148 | Barbados | 1 | 2014 | |
149 | Mauritius | 1 | 2017 | |
150 | Djibouti | 1 | 2013 | |
151 | Aruba | 1 | 2002 |