Patent applications by residents - Country rankings
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Patent applications by residents, 2021:
The average for 2021 based on 32 countries was 58871 patent applications. The highest value was in China: 1426644 patent applications and the lowest value was in Brunei: 2 patent applications. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: patent applications; Source: The World Intellectual Property Organization
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Countries | Patent applications by residents, 2021 | Global rank | Available data |
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China | 1426644 | 1 | 1985 - 2021 |
Japan | 222452 | 2 | 1980 - 2021 |
South Korea | 186245 | 3 | 1980 - 2021 |
India | 26267 | 4 | 1980 - 2021 |
Iran | 10210 | 5 | 1980 - 2021 |
Singapore | 2024 | 6 | 1980 - 2021 |
Israel | 1592 | 7 | 1980 - 2021 |
Saudi Arabia | 1398 | 8 | 1989 - 2021 |
Indonesia | 1397 | 9 | 1980 - 2021 |
Vietnam | 1066 | 10 | 1984 - 2021 |
Malaysia | 883 | 11 | 1985 - 2021 |
Thailand | 867 | 12 | 1980 - 2021 |
Philippines | 490 | 13 | 1980 - 2021 |
Pakistan | 426 | 14 | 1980 - 2021 |
Uzbekistan | 413 | 15 | 1993 - 2021 |
Hong Kong | 401 | 16 | 1983 - 2021 |
Sri Lanka | 266 | 17 | 1980 - 2021 |
Azerbaijan | 119 | 18 | 1995 - 2021 |
Mongolia | 109 | 19 | 1983 - 2021 |
Syria | 102 | 20 | 1980 - 2021 |
Georgia | 90 | 21 | 1992 - 2021 |
Kyrgyzstan | 83 | 22 | 1994 - 2021 |
Bangladesh | 74 | 23 | 1980 - 2021 |
UA Emirates | 69 | 24 | 2010 - 2021 |
Qatar | 47 | 25 | 2012 - 2021 |
Armenia | 40 | 26 | 1993 - 2021 |
Oman | 30 | 27 | 2015 - 2021 |
Jordan | 25 | 28 | 1989 - 2021 |
Yemen | 20 | 29 | 1998 - 2021 |
Bahrain | 3 | 30 | 1981 - 2021 |
Brunei | 2 | 31 | 2012 - 2021 |
Macao | 2 | 32 | 2005 - 2021 |
Definition: 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.
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