Global ranking - Patent applications, nonresidents 2021
| Description | 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. |
|---|---|
| Unit of measure | Absolute number |
| Aggregate operator | Average |
| 2021 | |
|---|---|
| United States (1°) | 329,229 |
| China (2°) | 159,019 |
| Japan (3°) | 66,748 |
| South Korea (4°) | 51,753 |
| India (5°) | 35,306 |
| Canada (6°) | 32,445 |
| Australia (7°) | 29,443 |
| Brazil (8°) | 19,566 |
| Germany (9°) | 18,747 |
| Mexico (10°) | 15,044 |
| Singapore (11°) | 12,566 |
| Russian Federation (12°) | 11,408 |
| South Africa (13°) | 9,156 |
| Israel (14°) | 8,017 |
| Indonesia (15°) | 7,403 |
| Thailand (16°) | 7,375 |
| United Kingdom (17°) | 7,263 |
| Malaysia (18°) | 6,651 |
| New Zealand (19°) | 6,522 |
| Philippines (20°) | 3,903 |
| Argentina (21°) | 3,263 |
| Chile (22°) | 2,680 |
| Saudi Arabia (23°) | 2,581 |
| Morocco (24°) | 2,549 |
| United Arab Emirates (25°) | 2,354 |
| Ukraine (26°) | 2,091 |
| Colombia (27°) | 1,855 |
| Luxembourg (28°) | 1,441 |
| Netherlands (29°) | 1,390 |
| France (30°) | 1,373 |
| Egypt (31°) | 1,343 |
| Peru (32°) | 1,141 |
| Italy (33°) | 797 |
| Qatar (34°) | 722 |
| Norway (35°) | 634 |
| Iran (36°) | 581 |
| Algeria (37°) | 581 |
| Pakistan (38°) | 567 |
| Costa Rica (39°) | 566 |
| Greece (40°) | 532 |
| Oman (41°) | 511 |
| Sweden (42°) | 425 |
| Belgium (43°) | 415 |
| Panama (44°) | 401 |
| Ecuador (45°) | 373 |
| Bangladesh (46°) | 373 |
| Paraguay (47°) | 354 |
| Bahrain (48°) | 326 |
| Jordan (49°) | 322 |
| Sri Lanka (50°) | 273 |
| Switzerland (51°) | 267 |
| Uzbekistan (52°) | 252 |
| Guatemala (53°) | 249 |
| Turkey (54°) | 242 |
| Bolivia (55°) | 227 |
| Honduras (56°) | 188 |
| Denmark (57°) | 186 |
| Austria (58°) | 175 |
| Georgia (59°) | 164 |
| El Salvador (60°) | 144 |
| Brunei (61°) | 137 |
| Spain (62°) | 126 |
| Poland (63°) | 111 |
| Belarus (64°) | 110 |
| Finland (65°) | 105 |
| Gambia (66°) | 91 |
| Cuba (67°) | 86 |
| Mongolia (68°) | 77 |
| Jamaica (69°) | 60 |
| Czech Repubblic (70°) | 59 |
| Romania (71°) | 45 |
| Portugal (72°) | 42 |
| Ireland (73°) | 42 |
| Kenya (74°) | 37 |
| Madagascar (75°) | 22 |
| Yemen (76°) | 22 |
| Syria (77°) | 20 |
| Serbia (78°) | 18 |
| Slovenia (79°) | 17 |
| Mozambique (80°) | 16 |
| Azerbaijan (81°) | 16 |
| Zambia (82°) | 13 |
| Slovakia (83°) | 13 |
| Hungary (84°) | 13 |
| Moldova (85°) | 12 |
| Croatia (86°) | 11 |
| Dominican Republic (87°) | 11 |
| Djibouti (88°) | 10 |
| Lithuania (89°) | 9 |
| Armenia (90°) | 8 |
| Bosnia Herzegovina (91°) | 8 |
| Bulgaria (92°) | 6 |
| Malta (93°) | 5 |
| Latvia (94°) | 4 |
| Uganda (95°) | 4 |
| Kyrgyzstan (96°) | 4 |
| Monaco (97°) | 3 |
| Iceland (98°) | 2 |
| Rwanda (99°) | 2 |
| Albania (100°) | 1 |
| Estonia (101°) | 1 |
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