Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office.

Patent applications among nonresidents (number)

199020002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
China4,30526,56079,84298,1111,10,5831,17,4641,20,2001,27,0421,33,6121,33,5221,35,8851,48,1871,57,0931,52,3421,59,019
Russian Federation8,9608,60913,77814,91915,51016,14916,23616,24814,79214,10613,03112,17411,22511,408
Brazil5,14814,10414,44420,77123,95425,63725,92525,68325,57822,81020,17819,87719,93219,05819,566
India2,6736,33219,66130,90933,45034,40232,36230,81433,07931,85831,62133,76634,17333,63035,306
South Africa4,9432,4006,0015,5626,5896,8366,6576,7506,6086,5066,8166,2586,3476,1469,156