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Indicator : Nanotechnology published patent applications in German patent office (DPMA) (Patent)
Description : The indicator shows the number of nanotechnology patents applications published (but not yet granted) in German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA). According to ISO/TS 18110 (First Edition 2015-08-15), the definition of nanotechnology patents is “patents that include at least one claim related to nanotechnology or patents classified with an IPC classification code related to nanotechnology such as B82.
Source : Orbit.com

Nanotechnology published patent applications in German patent office (DPMA) (Patent)

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
World 550 563 641 678 688 727 686 741 694 707 720
1 Germany 474 463 526 526 571 602 560 517 467 492 484
2 USA 36 34 31 78 50 73 70 135 129 113 112
3 South Korea 8 11 9 12 16 21 20 19 22 34 33
4 Japan 11 20 18 13 17 9 13 20 30 24 32
5 Taiwan 3 9 6 7 7 7 2 10 1 8 17
6 Switzerland 10 17 23 20 12 13 3 14 14 7 9
7 China 1 0 4 3 1 3 0 4 15 1 8
8 UK 0 2 1 4 1 0 2 1 1 2 7
9 Netherlands 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 5
10 Austria 3 5 11 6 10 11 7 3 2 9 4
11 Canada 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 1 1 1 2
12 Luxembourg 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 0 2 2
13 India 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 2
14 Russia 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 1
15 South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
16 Spain 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
17 Sweden 0 0 2 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1
18 Finland 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 6 1 0 1
19 Czech Republic 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1
20 Brazil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
21 France 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 7 1
22 Ireland 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Hungary 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Denmark 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
25 Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 Belarus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Cyprus 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
28 Belgium 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
29 Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
30 Norway 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
31 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 0
32 Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
33 Slovakia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
34 Australia 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0
35 Italy 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0
36 Singapore 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 2 0 0