Global ranking - Patent applications, residents 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 | |
|---|---|
| China (1°) | 1,426,644 |
| United States (2°) | 262,244 |
| Japan (3°) | 222,452 |
| South Korea (4°) | 186,245 |
| Germany (5°) | 39,822 |
| India (6°) | 26,267 |
| Russian Federation (7°) | 19,569 |
| France (8°) | 13,386 |
| United Kingdom (9°) | 11,592 |
| Italy (10°) | 10,281 |
| Iran (11°) | 10,210 |
| Turkey (12°) | 8,234 |
| Canada (13°) | 4,710 |
| Brazil (14°) | 4,666 |
| Poland (15°) | 3,377 |
| Australia (16°) | 2,966 |
| Netherlands (17°) | 2,080 |
| Singapore (18°) | 2,024 |
| Austria (19°) | 1,872 |
| South Africa (20°) | 1,804 |
| Sweden (21°) | 1,771 |
| Israel (22°) | 1,592 |
| Finland (23°) | 1,557 |
| Saudi Arabia (24°) | 1,398 |
| Indonesia (25°) | 1,397 |
| Spain (26°) | 1,308 |
| Ukraine (27°) | 1,302 |
| Switzerland (28°) | 1,288 |
| Mexico (29°) | 1,117 |
| Denmark (30°) | 1,090 |
| Vietnam (31°) | 1,066 |
| Norway (32°) | 946 |
| Malaysia (33°) | 883 |
| Egypt (34°) | 881 |
| Thailand (35°) | 867 |
| Belgium (36°) | 799 |
| Romania (37°) | 772 |
| Portugal (38°) | 711 |
| Czech Repubblic (39°) | 541 |
| Philippines (40°) | 490 |
| Hungary (41°) | 433 |
| Colombia (42°) | 432 |
| Pakistan (43°) | 426 |
| Uzbekistan (44°) | 413 |
| Argentina (45°) | 406 |
| Chile (46°) | 402 |
| Greece (47°) | 394 |
| New Zealand (48°) | 330 |
| Belarus (49°) | 276 |
| Algeria (50°) | 268 |
| Sri Lanka (51°) | 266 |
| Morocco (52°) | 254 |
| Slovenia (53°) | 222 |
| Bulgaria (54°) | 165 |
| Kenya (55°) | 160 |
| Slovakia (56°) | 146 |
| Serbia (57°) | 138 |
| Azerbaijan (58°) | 119 |
| Luxembourg (59°) | 112 |
| Mongolia (60°) | 109 |
| Latvia (61°) | 104 |
| Syria (62°) | 102 |
| Peru (63°) | 94 |
| Georgia (64°) | 90 |
| Kyrgyzstan (65°) | 83 |
| Lithuania (66°) | 81 |
| Croatia (67°) | 77 |
| Ireland (68°) | 75 |
| Bangladesh (69°) | 74 |
| United Arab Emirates (70°) | 69 |
| Moldova (71°) | 64 |
| Bosnia Herzegovina (72°) | 53 |
| Qatar (73°) | 47 |
| Macedonia (74°) | 42 |
| Armenia (75°) | 40 |
| Panama (76°) | 35 |
| Ecuador (77°) | 35 |
| Iceland (78°) | 34 |
| Oman (79°) | 30 |
| Mozambique (80°) | 30 |
| Estonia (81°) | 25 |
| Jordan (82°) | 25 |
| Albania (83°) | 23 |
| Cuba (84°) | 21 |
| Yemen (85°) | 20 |
| Jamaica (86°) | 16 |
| Costa Rica (87°) | 15 |
| Rwanda (88°) | 14 |
| Uganda (89°) | 14 |
| Zambia (90°) | 13 |
| Paraguay (91°) | 10 |
| Guatemala (92°) | 9 |
| Madagascar (93°) | 6 |
| Bolivia (94°) | 5 |
| Malta (95°) | 5 |
| Monaco (96°) | 5 |
| Botswana (97°) | 3 |
| Djibouti (98°) | 3 |
| Bahrain (99°) | 3 |
| Brunei (100°) | 2 |
| El Salvador (101°) | 2 |
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