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.
1980
19801990200020102020
Country
Patent applications, nonresidents
Rank
Year
Country
Patent applications, nonresidents
Rank
Year
United States of America (the)
42 231
1
1980
Japan
25 290
2
1980
Canada
22 699
3
1980
United Kingdom
22 000
4
1980
Germany
19 900
5
1980
France
16 989
6
1980
Italy
9 971
7
1980
Australia
9 354
8
1980
Spain
9 001
9
1980
Brazil
6 228
10
1980
Switzerland
5 613
11
1980
Netherlands (the)
5 532
12
1980
Belgium
5 104
13
1980
Sweden
5 086
14
1980
South Africa
5 024
15
1980
Mexico
4 768
16
1980
Denmark
4 605
17
1980
Austria
4 166
18
1980
Korea (the Republic of)
3 829
19
1980
Norway
3 247
20
1980
Argentina
3 063
21
1980
Finland
2 734
22
1980
Ireland
2 355
23
1980
New Zealand
2 290
24
1980
Israel
2 104
25
1980
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
1 831
26
1980
India
1 817
27
1980
Portugal
1 731
28
1980
Poland
1 644
29
1980
Hungary
1 571
30
1980
Greece
1 570
31
1980
Philippines (the)
1 454
32
1980
Luxembourg
897
33
1980
Bulgaria
804
34
1980
Egypt
731
35
1980
Romania
726
36
1980
Chile
685
37
1980
Singapore
631
38
1980
Turkey
527
39
1980
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
493
40
1980
Indonesia
475
41
1980
Pakistan
369
42
1980
Algeria
349
43
1980
Colombia
335
44
1980
Morocco
315
45
1980
Zimbabwe
281
46
1980
Peru
280
47
1980
Tunisia
214
48
1980
Uruguay
213
49
1980
Thailand
202
50
1980
Ecuador
152
51
1980
Iraq
126
52
1980
Trinidad and Tobago
123
53
1980
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
117
54
1980
Zambia
113
55
1980
Bangladesh
102
56
1980
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
100
57
1980
Syrian Arab Republic (the)
98
58
1980
Kenya
96
59
1980
Panama
90
60
1980
Tanzania, the United Republic of
88
61
1980
Costa Rica
85
62
1980
El Salvador
79
63
1980
Cuba
70
64
1980
Jordan
68
65
1980
Sri Lanka
67
66
1980
Cyprus
66
67
1980
Iceland
58
68
1980
Monaco
54
69
1980
Malawi
51
70
1980
Bahrain
47
71
1980
Barbados
44
72
1980
Honduras
40
73
1980
Uganda
28
74
1980
Botswana
18
75
1980
Malta
17
76
1980
Ghana
17
77
1980
Saint Lucia
14
78
1980
Haiti
13
79
1980
Fiji
11
80
1980
Burundi
10
81
1980
Mauritius
10
82
1980
Rwanda
3
83
1980
Seychelles
3
84
1980
Grenada
2
85
1980
Samoa
2
86
1980
Estonia
87
1980
Latvia
88
1980
Lithuania
89
1980
Liechtenstein
90
1980
Czechia
91
1980
Slovakia
92
1980
Bosnia and Herzegovina
93
1980
Croatia
94
1980
Montenegro
95
1980
Serbia
96
1980
Russian Federation (the)
97
1980
Albania
98
1980
San Marino
99
1980
Holy See (the)
100
1980
Andorra
101
1980
Slovenia
102
1980
Belarus
103
1980
Moldova (the Republic of)
104
1980
Ukraine
105
1980
North Macedonia
106
1980
Saudi Arabia
107
1980
Lebanon
108
1980
Afghanistan
109
1980
Bhutan
110
1980
Nepal
111
1980
China
112
1980
Myanmar
113
1980
Brunei Darussalam
114
1980
Malaysia
115
1980
Maldives
116
1980
Cambodia
117
1980
Taiwan
118
1980
Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of)
119
1980
Kuwait
120
1980
Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
121
1980
Mongolia
122
1980
Viet Nam
123
1980
United Arab Emirates (the)
124
1980
Qatar
125
1980
Oman
126
1980
Yemen
127
1980
Armenia
128
1980
Azerbaijan
129
1980
Georgia
130
1980
Kazakhstan
131
1980
Kyrgyzstan
132
1980
Uzbekistan
133
1980
Tajikistan
134
1980
Turkmenistan
135
1980
Palestine, State of
136
1980
Timor-Leste
137
1980
Liberia
138
1980
Gambia (the)
139
1980
Namibia
140
1980
Equatorial Guinea
141
1980
Ethiopia
142
1980
Libya
143
1980
Eritrea
144
1980
Somalia
145
1980
Cameroon
146
1980
Central African Republic (the)
147
1980
Congo (the)
148
1980
Côte d'Ivoire
149
1980
Benin
150
1980
Gabon
151
1980
Guinea
152
1980
Burkina Faso
153
1980
Madagascar
154
1980
Mali
155
1980
Mauritania
156
1980
Niger (the)
157
1980
Nigeria
158
1980
Senegal
159
1980
Sierra Leone
160
1980
Sudan (the)
161
1980
Chad
162
1980
Togo
163
1980
Lesotho
164
1980
South Sudan
165
1980
Eswatini
166
1980
Guinea-Bissau
167
1980
Mozambique
168
1980
Sao Tome and Principe
169
1980
Angola
170
1980
Cabo Verde
171
1980
Comoros (the)
172
1980
Djibouti
173
1980
Dominican Republic (the)
174
1980
Guatemala
175
1980
Nicaragua
176
1980
Paraguay
177
1980
Jamaica
178
1980
Guyana
179
1980
Belize
180
1980
Bahamas (the)
181
1980
Suriname
182
1980
Dominica
183
1980
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
184
1980
Antigua and Barbuda
185
1980
Saint Kitts and Nevis
186
1980
Bonaire
187
1980
Curaçao
188
1980
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
189
1980
Nauru
190
1980
Tonga
191
1980
Papua New Guinea
192
1980
Tuvalu
193
1980
Solomon Islands
194
1980
Kiribati
195
1980
Vanuatu
196
1980
Marshall Islands (the)
197
1980
Micronesia (Federated States of)
198
1980
Palau
199
1980
World
1980
Faroe Islands
200
1980
United States Minor Outlying Islands
201
1980
Serranilla Bank
202
1980
Scarborough Reef
203
1980
Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Is.)
204
1980
Spratly Islands
205
1980
American Samoa
206
1980
Greenland
207
1980
Guam
208
1980
Northern Mariana Islands
209
1980
Puerto Rico
210
1980
United States Virgin Islands
211
1980
Somaliland
212
1980
Northern Cyprus
213
1980
Cyprus No Mans Area
214
1980
Western Sahara
215
1980
Siachen Glacier
216
1980
Kosovo
217
1980
Faroe Islands
218
1980
United States Minor Outlying Islands
219
1980
Serranilla Bank
220
1980
Scarborough Reef
221
1980
Bajo Nuevo Bank (Petrel Is.)
222
1980
Spratly Islands
223
1980
American Samoa
224
1980
Greenland
225
1980
Guam
226
1980
Northern Mariana Islands
227
1980
Puerto Rico
228
1980
United States Virgin Islands
229
1980
Somaliland
230
1980
Northern Cyprus
231
1980
Cyprus No Mans Area
232
1980
Western Sahara
233
1980
Siachen Glacier
234
1980
Kosovo
235
1980
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Sources
Data published by World Bank – World Development Indicators
Data publisher's source World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.
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