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Indicator : Sum of nanotechnology patents in USPTO and EPO (Patent)
Description : Total granted nanotechnology patents of a country registered in both USPTO and EPO.
Source : Orbit.com

Sum of nanotechnology patents in USPTO and EPO (Patent)

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
World 1,571 1,844 2,352 2,545 2,440 3,105 3,175 3,419 3,866 5,328 5,749 6,475 7,609 9,970 10,003 10,490 11,531 11,401 12,670 12,699 12,593 11,428 12,142
1 USA 961 1,112 1,402 1,529 1,428 1,832 1,886 1,900 2,132 2,830 2,969 3,347 3,965 4,775 4,786 4,893 5,394 5,199 5,799 5,865 5,768 5,026 5,353
2 South Korea 20 29 49 75 154 107 134 216 280 425 483 479 556 740 891 1,019 1,210 1,138 1,167 1,242 1,068 1,032 1,179
3 China 3 1 9 11 14 27 22 42 61 107 145 240 286 371 421 475 588 610 849 871 965 1,137 1,057
4 Japan 196 204 276 282 296 324 309 337 420 595 566 659 721 1,030 1,033 1,007 998 958 1,016 940 899 879 804
5 Taiwan 26 39 37 61 68 109 116 145 193 274 320 415 431 559 512 533 505 447 535 546 580 625 677
6 Germany 94 152 193 198 170 233 225 243 240 362 411 413 491 702 536 590 732 664 754 635 604 485 505
7 France 108 109 119 95 110 112 120 129 127 195 262 268 321 487 394 418 471 524 517 452 456 384 405
8 Saudi Arabia 0 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 12 26 36 58 59 106 172 188 193 254 272 333
9 UK 27 40 36 56 36 45 43 39 47 57 79 105 125 190 154 204 233 247 288 298 288 216 246
10 Canada 28 30 39 45 44 67 32 53 46 65 89 99 106 141 123 128 148 153 199 189 196 191 213
11 Switzerland 15 18 39 23 34 36 47 55 56 63 79 85 108 189 112 154 184 188 185 186 222 164 190
12 Netherlands 16 24 38 28 46 54 73 80 80 130 110 140 160 193 199 207 191 190 186 189 191 149 176
13 Italy 12 17 16 31 20 27 22 45 37 59 55 67 80 106 88 96 94 103 133 143 114 103 118
14 Belgium 10 9 13 16 23 16 16 20 23 25 52 46 46 70 78 71 83 94 89 96 108 79 101
15 Finland 6 3 1 8 8 11 7 9 11 21 16 24 33 46 49 75 75 76 110 121 104 90 95
16 Spain 2 2 3 4 4 8 5 12 11 12 10 20 23 47 42 62 72 66 88 71 69 73 67
17 Australia 8 9 12 18 12 34 36 25 43 44 51 22 35 37 33 42 55 57 58 65 65 44 66
18 Sweden 13 12 11 11 15 17 16 19 18 34 37 45 45 87 73 76 74 77 78 60 69 66 64
19 Singapore 2 10 7 7 10 8 21 23 23 23 28 39 42 59 67 70 74 84 97 91 71 57 54
20 India 5 8 4 14 3 12 10 9 9 13 7 16 36 69 61 67 84 84 81 62 65 61 54
21 Ireland 6 3 13 6 15 9 14 18 15 17 10 25 17 27 18 16 17 21 28 43 44 40 48
22 Denmark 2 4 2 4 3 7 5 15 10 16 20 22 21 29 22 26 23 31 34 34 30 38 32
23 Austria 6 8 3 8 10 14 13 4 7 16 11 20 22 38 32 27 31 36 45 52 60 40 31
24 Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 1 7 7 11 21 16 13 23 24 19 16 26
25 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 2 3 4 3 16 18 26 22 22 28 17 15 21
26 Luxembourg 1 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 2 8 9 9 13 12 26 16 35 24 25 30 20
27 Norway 0 2 4 0 4 2 7 2 3 8 6 8 5 10 8 15 19 15 20 28 22 30 17
28 Czech Republic 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 2 4 7 19 10 13 10 17 15 18 14 8 14
29 UAE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 3 6 6 13 9 14
30 Brazil 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 3 6 3 8 15 9 12 20 18 23 16 10 11 13
31 Portugal 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 7 8 6 8 5 12 10 10 10 11
32 Mexico 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 3 5 8 11 12 6 18 16 7 10 8 3 8
33 Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 8 11 8 12 10 13 18 16 37 22 23 8
34 New Zealand 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 3 3 12 5 4 11 6 8 7
35 Liechtenstein 0 0 1 5 1 1 1 2 5 7 5 0 5 10 3 9 4 1 5 4 8 4 7
36 Russia 2 1 5 6 2 3 5 6 6 6 8 5 4 15 11 18 11 9 6 13 13 10 6
37 South Africa 3 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 0 3 8 3 11 4 10 10 10 7 7 10 5 3 6
38 Chile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 2 2 5 0 3 3 6 8 6
39 Greece 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 5 1 2 3 1 3 5 12 8 5
40 Slovakia 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 4
41 Slovenia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 6 8 3 6 10 3 10 3 2 4
42 Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 4 1 6 8 4
43 Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 4 1 0 1 4 3
44 Cuba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 3
45 Colombia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 5 4 4 3 3
46 Romania 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 10 7 5 1 5 1 1 3
47 Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 3
48 Argentina 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 6 2 2
49 Cyprus 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 3 0 5 1 3 0 2 2
50 Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 6 3 1 3 2 2 2
51 Malaysia 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 5 6 5 3 4 3 8 0 1 2
52 Hungary 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 2 2 4 4 3 0 3 4 3 2 1 2
53 Peru 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
54 Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
55 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1
56 Costa rica 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 0 1
57 Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
58 Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 3 1 1
59 Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 3 3 5 3 3 1 3 1
60 Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 2 3 2 1
61 Morocco 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 2 1 1
62 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
63 Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 2 0 3 0 0
64 Venezuela 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 Philippines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 1 0
66 Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
67 Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
68 Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
69 Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
70 Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
71 Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0
72 Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
73 Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 0 2 3 0
74 Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
75 Algeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
76 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
77 North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
78 Oman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
79 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 3 1 1 0
80 Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2