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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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
France4,2603,4832,9481,8322,0992,0922,1962,0331,9942,0121,8321,9191,7661,5421,373
Russian Federation8,9608,60913,77814,91915,51016,14916,23616,24814,79214,10613,03112,17411,22511,408
United Kingdom8,92810,69710,1556,4396,9167,8657,9667,8447,9348,1838,7718,0767,1898,6597,263
United States of America80,5201,31,1001,82,8662,48,2492,55,8322,74,0332,83,7812,93,7063,01,0753,10,2443,13,0523,12,0463,36,3403,27,5863,29,229