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. | 
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| 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 | 
| North Macedonia (74°) | 42 | 
| Armenia (75°) | 40 | 
| Panama (76°) | 35 | 
| Ecuador (77°) | 35 | 
| Iceland (78°) | 34 | 
| Mozambique (79°) | 30 | 
| Oman (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 | 
| El Salvador (100°) | 2 | 
| Brunei (101°) | 2 | 
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