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Indicator : Nanotechnology patents in German patent office (DPMA) (Patent)
Description : The indicator shows the number of nanotechnology granted patents 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 patents in German patent office (DPMA) (Patent)

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
World 550 151 171 139 151 143 132 146 150 176 164
1 Germany 474 130 141 118 131 123 115 117 113 139 114
2 USA 36 7 5 7 4 11 4 13 15 15 28
3 Japan 11 5 2 5 4 3 1 2 4 10 8
4 South Korea 8 2 2 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 6
5 Austria 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 4
6 China 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2
7 Taiwan 3 0 4 0 2 1 2 3 2 1 2
8 Switzerland 10 6 9 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 2
9 Canada 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
10 India 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Russia 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0
12 Sweden 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
13 Italy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
14 UK 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
15 Turkey 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
16 Denmark 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 Belgium 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19 Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
20 Netherlands 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Singapore 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
22 Belarus 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Czech Republic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
26 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
27 France 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0