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Patent applications residents

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.Source:
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Patent applications, residentsPatent applications, residentsYear
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
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