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

Patent applications among nonresidents (number)

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Brunei Darussalam2126111591739995133115137
Cambodia2643537465657755160310248
Indonesia3,7334,0695,1225,2976,7877,3218,0958,5387,0328,3478,3886,8517,403
Republic of Korea16,73829,17938,73338,29640,89040,77944,61146,21946,41945,40645,69147,43147,37246,28251,753
Lao People’s Democratic Republic4204353694361639758
Malaysia2,2136,0215,7645,1525,3765,8266,0066,2676,4556,1275,9066,1796,4805,8396,651
Mongolia876913212612810710479868277
Papua New Guinea794633635329
Philippines1,8223,4822,7623,2233,0102,8323,0653,2553,3593,0923,0723,7713,8793,5173,903
Singapore7,7208,0368,8788,7388,6048,5799,0099,3459,3799,32110,27012,40911,48712,566
Thailand1,8674,4885,4497232,9975,7265,8326,9247,1386,7226,8867,2457,3076,6627,375
Viet Nam171,2051,7673,2763,2603,4233,5523,9604,4514,6684,7905,4256,8006,6747,468
Azerbaijan61712192216201816
Belarus2042961741461901451051486690949577110
Uzbekistan213180262274253258223219202196180169232252
Antigua and Barbuda8771510128538
Barbados768871363938454131
Belize334951323626373224322327
Bolivia294241277151227
Chile6422,8792,6467482,4532,6832,7322,6532,8312,5212,4692,6942,7992,4332,680
Colombia1,6941,6621,7391,7701,8481,7811,8981,9211,6581,7771,8081,7351,7521,855
Cuba26180184140143126163145126887686
Dominica4343211
Dominican Republic63217328318265256244227242251211220207220
Ecuador541580690475358475329401371408374373
Grenada2633179171616
Guatemala97250388374327337319288341266275228231205249
Guyana614161913172318
Haiti13151119
Honduras17135253233211224185189148187188
Jamaica77905914293829712263595753514760
Nicaragua129208172124145
Panama5315346842023478274389349376362328297401
Peru2191,0389932611,1291,1361,1931,2041,1821,0911,1191,1331,1221,1421,141
Saint Kitts and Nevis4594
Saint Lucia2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines22887343511
Bahamas258375113683448
Trinidad and Tobago154205213174184165133171135112111149
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)1,0902,2922,2321,7731,5641,4611,3891,377928560338
Algeria229127465730803781722719716566594521525547581
Bahrain139161167199185171237219322257326
Djibouti24510
Egypt5111,0811,0081,6251,5911,5281,4161,3841,3371,2581,2541,2581,1561,2291,343
Iran173206443528489432338119702995915578634581
Iraq1021017710698
Jordan127169429360346357339294256174109290301322
Kuwait37256
Lebanon250261194
Libya47
Morocco2685208828808438287427971,0662,0262,3502,5312,4382,549
Oman341366387404476519511
Qatar58323477548574799604722
Saudi Arabia4397973746436434401351,6912,1962,2822,3212,4632,2742,581
Syrian Arab Republic48341645321620
Tunisia134210282508543476437400409348383271
United Arab Emirates1,2631,3181,3271,4021,4381,7141,6421,7331,7231,8431,8692,354
Yemen2223553749372425161315822
Bangladesh76248294276269287243249299267241299345362373
Bhutan1471391767
India2,6736,33219,66130,90933,45034,40232,36230,81433,07931,85831,62133,76634,17333,63035,306
Nepal15131236712643
Pakistan5241,1491,141980861798783776677636505586561562567
Sri Lanka83250211235235188263293266260255251273
Angola114108
Botswana891556432
Burundi3102155
केप वर्दे11141
Côte d'Ivoire1
Democratic Republic of the Congo10790110
Ethiopia94341424223226394954
Ghana201711398
Kenya591201221361147556594342413537
Madagascar4835345840472916304237302122
Malawi33171
Mauritius31914181820361813231914
Mozambique814251526304630252613241416
Namibia1581114151512
Nigeria246747676869150180509683598
Rwanda430713212
Sao Tome and Principe12831414
Seychelles14461712928
Sierra Leone10054
South Africa4,9432,4006,0015,5626,5896,8366,6576,7506,6086,5066,8166,2586,3476,1469,156
Sudan161623811123177
इस्वातिनी6322
United Republic of Tanzania312341
Gambia224166691
Uganda134361164
Zambia5022122131262512181013211013
Zimbabwe159195