| # | 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 |