Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office.
1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 13,278 | 20,073 | 21,302 | 22,478 | 23,143 | 23,731 | 26,656 | 23,968 | 26,314 | 25,774 | 26,403 | 27,200 | 27,121 | 26,926 | 29,443 |
Brunei Darussalam | 21 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 91 | 73 | 99 | 95 | 133 | 115 | 137 | ||||
Cambodia | 26 | 43 | 53 | 74 | 65 | 65 | 77 | 55 | 160 | 310 | 248 | ||||
China | 4,305 | 26,560 | 79,842 | 98,111 | 1,10,583 | 1,17,464 | 1,20,200 | 1,27,042 | 1,33,612 | 1,33,522 | 1,35,885 | 1,48,187 | 1,57,093 | 1,52,342 | 1,59,019 |
Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 38 | 66 | 39 | 39 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | ||||||
हांगकांग | 1,060 | 8,244 | 11,607 | 11,569 | 13,312 | 12,817 | 13,690 | 12,350 | 11,973 | 13,859 | 12,975 | 15,672 | 16,186 | 21,133 | 21,542 |
Indonesia | 3,733 | 4,069 | 5,122 | 5,297 | 6,787 | 7,321 | 8,095 | 8,538 | 7,032 | 8,347 | 8,388 | 6,851 | 7,403 | ||
Japan | 34,360 | 49,501 | 59,118 | 54,517 | 55,030 | 55,783 | 56,705 | 60,030 | 59,882 | 58,137 | 58,189 | 59,937 | 62,597 | 61,124 | 66,748 |
Republic of Korea | 16,738 | 29,179 | 38,733 | 38,296 | 40,890 | 40,779 | 44,611 | 46,219 | 46,419 | 45,406 | 45,691 | 47,431 | 47,372 | 46,282 | 51,753 |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 4 | 20 | 43 | 53 | 69 | 43 | 61 | 63 | 97 | 58 | |||||
मकाउ | 119 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 54 | 104 | 62 | 51 | 67 | 54 | 38 | 63 | 35 | ||
Malaysia | 2,213 | 6,021 | 5,764 | 5,152 | 5,376 | 5,826 | 6,006 | 6,267 | 6,455 | 6,127 | 5,906 | 6,179 | 6,480 | 5,839 | 6,651 |
Mongolia | 87 | 69 | 132 | 126 | 128 | 107 | 104 | 79 | 86 | 82 | 77 | ||||
New Zealand | 3,869 | 5,585 | 5,112 | 5,051 | 4,708 | 5,674 | 5,167 | 6,092 | 5,317 | 5,311 | 5,146 | 5,221 | 5,690 | 5,417 | 6,522 |
Papua New Guinea | 79 | 46 | 33 | 63 | 53 | 29 | |||||||||
Philippines | 1,822 | 3,482 | 2,762 | 3,223 | 3,010 | 2,832 | 3,065 | 3,255 | 3,359 | 3,092 | 3,072 | 3,771 | 3,879 | 3,517 | 3,903 |
Samoa | 99 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Singapore | 7,720 | 8,036 | 8,878 | 8,738 | 8,604 | 8,579 | 9,009 | 9,345 | 9,379 | 9,321 | 10,270 | 12,409 | 11,487 | 12,566 | |
Thailand | 1,867 | 4,488 | 5,449 | 723 | 2,997 | 5,726 | 5,832 | 6,924 | 7,138 | 6,722 | 6,886 | 7,245 | 7,307 | 6,662 | 7,375 |
Tonga | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
Tuvalu | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | |||||||||||
Viet Nam | 17 | 1,205 | 1,767 | 3,276 | 3,260 | 3,423 | 3,552 | 3,960 | 4,451 | 4,668 | 4,790 | 5,425 | 6,800 | 6,674 | 7,468 |
Albania | 386 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Andorra | 3 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||
Armenia | 8 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | |
Austria | 670 | 340 | 235 | 249 | 276 | 294 | 244 | 271 | 236 | 237 | 232 | 168 | 208 | 173 | 175 |
Azerbaijan | 6 | 17 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 16 | ||||||
Belarus | 204 | 296 | 174 | 146 | 190 | 145 | 105 | 148 | 66 | 90 | 94 | 95 | 77 | 110 | |
Belgium | 613 | 243 | 105 | 140 | 127 | 127 | 161 | 137 | 148 | 119 | 216 | 218 | 257 | 288 | 415 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 242 | 306 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 8 | ||
Bulgaria | 331 | 709 | 52 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Croatia | 538 | 649 | 21 | 21 | 32 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 11 | |
Cyprus | 43 | 44 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Czech Republic | 4,384 | 244 | 114 | 97 | 150 | 97 | 62 | 72 | 47 | 66 | 54 | 48 | 56 | 59 | |
Denmark | 1,843 | 140 | 165 | 142 | 197 | 229 | 193 | 206 | 270 | 298 | 282 | 239 | 228 | 217 | 186 |
Estonia | 791 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Finland | 4,410 | 324 | 229 | 102 | 124 | 129 | 141 | 126 | 127 | 108 | 139 | 100 | 75 | 97 | 105 |
France | 4,260 | 3,483 | 2,948 | 1,832 | 2,099 | 2,092 | 2,196 | 2,033 | 1,994 | 2,012 | 1,832 | 1,919 | 1,766 | 1,542 | 1,373 |
Georgia | 186 | 250 | 179 | 260 | 233 | 219 | 187 | 172 | 178 | 157 | 157 | 112 | 134 | 164 | |
Germany | 8,605 | 10,406 | 11,855 | 12,198 | 12,458 | 14,720 | 15,814 | 17,811 | 19,509 | 19,419 | 19,927 | 21,281 | 20,802 | 19,845 | 18,747 |
Greece | 466 | 34 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 40 | 91 | 149 | 238 | 363 | 532 |
Hungary | 1,976 | 4,127 | 497 | 47 | 36 | 66 | 66 | 73 | 64 | 49 | 36 | 36 | 23 | 28 | 13 |
Iceland | 113 | 825 | 545 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 2 |
Ireland | 4,001 | 70 | 75 | 32 | 35 | 54 | 42 | ||||||||
Italy | 1,396 | 846 | 927 | 871 | 905 | 781 | 973 | 1,031 | 900 | 898 | 947 | 797 | |||
Kazakhstan | 116 | 103 | 273 | 317 | 378 | 271 | 232 | 231 | 173 | 193 | 97 | ||||
Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
Latvia | 81 | 57 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
Lithuania | 61 | 47 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 42 | 18 | 58 | 46 | 24 | 33 | 18 | 9 | |
Luxembourg | 165 | 91 | 64 | 21 | 43 | 52 | 56 | 90 | 119 | 301 | 512 | 243 | 359 | 679 | 1,441 |
North Macedonia | 53 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Republic of Moldova | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 29 | 72 | 60 | 64 | 37 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 12 | |
Monaco | 56 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | |
Montenegro | 136 | 83 | 41 | ||||||||||||
Netherlands | 764 | 529 | 633 | 240 | 310 | 338 | 449 | 288 | 287 | 314 | 365 | 394 | 449 | 825 | 1,390 |
Norway | 4,745 | 5,389 | 4,843 | 696 | 654 | 555 | 648 | 457 | 652 | 833 | 908 | 592 | 582 | 564 | 634 |
Poland | 1,315 | 4,899 | 4,555 | 227 | 244 | 247 | 174 | 155 | 139 | 135 | 117 | 115 | 112 | 88 | 111 |
Portugal | 3,541 | 65 | 47 | 46 | 75 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 36 | 29 | 104 | 263 | 42 |
Romania | 304 | 287 | 68 | 36 | 39 | 55 | 53 | 84 | 78 | 58 | 80 | 47 | 58 | 47 | 45 |
Russian Federation | 8,960 | 8,609 | 13,778 | 14,919 | 15,510 | 16,149 | 16,236 | 16,248 | 14,792 | 14,106 | 13,031 | 12,174 | 11,225 | 11,408 | |
San Marino | 155 | 191 | 296 | 467 | 604 | 681 | 741 | 709 | 722 | ||||||
Serbia | 609 | 39 | 49 | 32 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 18 | ||
Slovakia | 1,804 | 95 | 48 | 33 | 35 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 28 | 15 | 13 | |
Slovenia | 124 | 29 | 11 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 17 | ||||||||
Spain | 1,079 | 484 | 313 | 213 | 196 | 209 | 218 | 225 | 221 | 177 | 176 | 149 | 159 | 124 | 126 |
Sweden | 1,073 | 844 | 438 | 353 | 337 | 148 | 163 | 441 | 390 | 352 | 305 | 442 | 388 | 432 | 425 |
Switzerland | 1,081 | 468 | 455 | 533 | 446 | 1,508 | 631 | 568 | 446 | 309 | 291 | 332 | 348 | 301 | 267 |
Tajikistan | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
Turkey | 1,090 | 3,156 | 218 | 177 | 228 | 232 | 269 | 331 | 489 | 618 | 380 | 310 | 217 | 238 | 242 |
Ukraine | 1,604 | 2,054 | 2,756 | 2,604 | 2,464 | 2,556 | 2,356 | 2,226 | 1,862 | 1,764 | 1,861 | 1,755 | 1,822 | 2,091 | |
United Kingdom | 8,928 | 10,697 | 10,155 | 6,439 | 6,916 | 7,865 | 7,966 | 7,844 | 7,934 | 8,183 | 8,771 | 8,076 | 7,189 | 8,659 | 7,263 |
Uzbekistan | 213 | 180 | 262 | 274 | 253 | 258 | 223 | 219 | 202 | 196 | 180 | 169 | 232 | 252 | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||||
Argentina | 1,955 | 5,574 | 4,215 | 4,165 | 4,133 | 4,078 | 4,129 | 4,173 | 3,579 | 2,925 | 3,050 | 3,242 | 3,260 | 2,562 | 3,263 |
Barbados | 76 | 88 | 71 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 45 | 41 | 31 | ||||||
Belize | 33 | 49 | 51 | 32 | 36 | 26 | 37 | 32 | 24 | 32 | 23 | 27 | |||
Bolivia | 294 | 241 | 277 | 151 | 227 | ||||||||||
Brazil | 5,148 | 14,104 | 14,444 | 20,771 | 23,954 | 25,637 | 25,925 | 25,683 | 25,578 | 22,810 | 20,178 | 19,877 | 19,932 | 19,058 | 19,566 |
Chile | 642 | 2,879 | 2,646 | 748 | 2,453 | 2,683 | 2,732 | 2,653 | 2,831 | 2,521 | 2,469 | 2,694 | 2,799 | 2,433 | 2,680 |
Colombia | 1,694 | 1,662 | 1,739 | 1,770 | 1,848 | 1,781 | 1,898 | 1,921 | 1,658 | 1,777 | 1,808 | 1,735 | 1,752 | 1,855 | |
Costa Rica | 43 | 47 | 423 | 606 | 610 | 578 | 580 | 529 | 582 | 497 | 504 | 490 | 483 | 524 | 566 |
Cuba | 26 | 180 | 184 | 140 | 143 | 126 | 163 | 145 | 126 | 88 | 76 | 86 | |||
Dominica | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||
Dominican Republic | 63 | 217 | 328 | 318 | 265 | 256 | 244 | 227 | 242 | 251 | 211 | 220 | 207 | 220 | |
Ecuador | 541 | 580 | 690 | 475 | 358 | 475 | 329 | 401 | 371 | 408 | 374 | 373 | |||
El Salvador | 44 | 217 | 183 | 187 | 196 | 171 | 178 | 136 | 147 | 143 | 144 | ||||
Grenada | 26 | 33 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 16 | ||||||||
Guatemala | 97 | 250 | 388 | 374 | 327 | 337 | 319 | 288 | 341 | 266 | 275 | 228 | 231 | 205 | 249 |
Guyana | 6 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 18 | |||||||
Haiti | 13 | 15 | 11 | 19 | |||||||||||
Honduras | 17 | 135 | 253 | 233 | 211 | 224 | 185 | 189 | 148 | 187 | 188 | ||||
Jamaica | 77 | 90 | 59 | 142 | 93 | 82 | 97 | 122 | 63 | 59 | 57 | 53 | 51 | 47 | 60 |
Mexico | 4,400 | 12,630 | 13,851 | 13,625 | 12,990 | 14,020 | 14,234 | 14,889 | 16,707 | 16,103 | 15,850 | 14,869 | 14,636 | 13,180 | 15,044 |
Nicaragua | 129 | 208 | 172 | 124 | 145 | ||||||||||
Panama | 53 | 153 | 468 | 420 | 234 | 78 | 274 | 389 | 349 | 376 | 362 | 328 | 297 | 401 | |
Paraguay | 36 | 211 | 241 | 347 | 315 | 324 | 323 | 354 | |||||||
Peru | 219 | 1,038 | 993 | 261 | 1,129 | 1,136 | 1,193 | 1,204 | 1,182 | 1,091 | 1,119 | 1,133 | 1,122 | 1,142 | 1,141 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | |||||||||||
Saint Lucia | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |||||
Bahamas | 25 | 83 | 75 | 113 | 68 | 34 | 48 | ||||||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 154 | 205 | 213 | 174 | 184 | 165 | 133 | 171 | 135 | 112 | 111 | 149 | |||
Uruguay | 572 | 589 | 761 | 667 | 678 | 639 | 532 | 500 | |||||||
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1,090 | 2,292 | 2,232 | 1,773 | 1,564 | 1,461 | 1,389 | 1,377 | 928 | 560 | 338 | ||||
Algeria | 229 | 127 | 465 | 730 | 803 | 781 | 722 | 719 | 716 | 566 | 594 | 521 | 525 | 547 | 581 |
Bahrain | 139 | 161 | 167 | 199 | 185 | 171 | 237 | 219 | 322 | 257 | 326 | ||||
Djibouti | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||
Egypt | 511 | 1,081 | 1,008 | 1,625 | 1,591 | 1,528 | 1,416 | 1,384 | 1,337 | 1,258 | 1,254 | 1,258 | 1,156 | 1,229 | 1,343 |
Iran | 173 | 206 | 443 | 528 | 489 | 432 | 338 | 119 | 702 | 995 | 915 | 578 | 634 | 581 | |
Iraq | 102 | 101 | 77 | 106 | 98 | ||||||||||
Israel | 2,856 | 5,203 | 5,157 | 5,856 | 5,526 | 5,473 | 4,984 | 5,148 | 5,623 | 5,119 | 5,377 | 5,857 | 6,370 | 6,481 | 8,017 |
Jordan | 127 | 169 | 429 | 360 | 346 | 357 | 339 | 294 | 256 | 174 | 109 | 290 | 301 | 322 | |
Kuwait | 37 | 256 | |||||||||||||
Lebanon | 250 | 261 | 194 | ||||||||||||
Libya | 47 | ||||||||||||||
Malta | 17 | 93 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 5 | |
Morocco | 268 | 520 | 882 | 880 | 843 | 828 | 742 | 797 | 1,066 | 2,026 | 2,350 | 2,531 | 2,438 | 2,549 | |
Oman | 341 | 366 | 387 | 404 | 476 | 519 | 511 | ||||||||
Qatar | 58 | 323 | 477 | 548 | 574 | 799 | 604 | 722 | |||||||
Saudi Arabia | 439 | 797 | 374 | 643 | 643 | 440 | 135 | 1,691 | 2,196 | 2,282 | 2,321 | 2,463 | 2,274 | 2,581 | |
Syrian Arab Republic | 48 | 34 | 16 | 45 | 32 | 16 | 20 | ||||||||
Tunisia | 134 | 210 | 282 | 508 | 543 | 476 | 437 | 400 | 409 | 348 | 383 | 271 | |||
United Arab Emirates | 1,263 | 1,318 | 1,327 | 1,402 | 1,438 | 1,714 | 1,642 | 1,733 | 1,723 | 1,843 | 1,869 | 2,354 | |||
Yemen | 22 | 23 | 55 | 37 | 49 | 37 | 24 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 22 | ||
Canada | 24,375 | 35,435 | 34,705 | 30,899 | 30,357 | 30,533 | 30,174 | 31,283 | 32,687 | 30,667 | 30,969 | 31,812 | 32,250 | 30,113 | 32,445 |
United States of America | 80,520 | 1,31,100 | 1,82,866 | 2,48,249 | 2,55,832 | 2,74,033 | 2,83,781 | 2,93,706 | 3,01,075 | 3,10,244 | 3,13,052 | 3,12,046 | 3,36,340 | 3,27,586 | 3,29,229 |
Bangladesh | 76 | 248 | 294 | 276 | 269 | 287 | 243 | 249 | 299 | 267 | 241 | 299 | 345 | 362 | 373 |
Bhutan | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 7 | ||||||
India | 2,673 | 6,332 | 19,661 | 30,909 | 33,450 | 34,402 | 32,362 | 30,814 | 33,079 | 31,858 | 31,621 | 33,766 | 34,173 | 33,630 | 35,306 |
Nepal | 15 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 71 | 26 | 43 | ||||||||
Pakistan | 524 | 1,149 | 1,141 | 980 | 861 | 798 | 783 | 776 | 677 | 636 | 505 | 586 | 561 | 562 | 567 |
Sri Lanka | 83 | 250 | 211 | 235 | 235 | 188 | 263 | 293 | 266 | 260 | 255 | 251 | 273 | ||
Angola | 114 | 108 | |||||||||||||
Botswana | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
Burundi | 3 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 5 | ||||||||||
केप वर्दे | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 107 | 90 | 110 | ||||||||||||
Ethiopia | 9 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 24 | 22 | 32 | 26 | 39 | 49 | 54 | ||||
Ghana | 20 | 17 | 11 | 39 | 8 | ||||||||||
Kenya | 59 | 120 | 122 | 136 | 114 | 75 | 56 | 59 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 35 | 37 | ||
Madagascar | 48 | 35 | 34 | 58 | 40 | 47 | 29 | 16 | 30 | 42 | 37 | 30 | 21 | 22 | |
Malawi | 33 | 17 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mauritius | 3 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 14 | |||
Mozambique | 8 | 14 | 25 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 46 | 30 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 16 | |
Namibia | 158 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | |||||||||
Nigeria | 246 | 747 | 676 | 869 | 150 | 180 | 509 | 683 | 598 | ||||||
Rwanda | 4 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||
Seychelles | 14 | 46 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 28 | |||||||||
Sierra Leone | 100 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
South Africa | 4,943 | 2,400 | 6,001 | 5,562 | 6,589 | 6,836 | 6,657 | 6,750 | 6,608 | 6,506 | 6,816 | 6,258 | 6,347 | 6,146 | 9,156 |
Sudan | 16 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 7 | 7 | ||||
इस्वातिनी | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
United Republic of Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
Gambia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 66 | 91 | |||||||||
Uganda | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |||||||
Zambia | 50 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 13 | |
Zimbabwe | 159 | 19 | 5 |