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Indicator : Published patent applications in USPTO (Patent)
Description : The indicator shows the number of patents applications published (but not yet granted) in USPTO. According to WIPO, a patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. To get a patent, technical information about the invention must be disclosed to the public in a patent application.
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Published patent applications in USPTO (Patent)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
World 382,483 381,792 374,731 376,609 394,879 413,535 410,297 418,119 418,249
1 USA 181,069 185,523 182,429 179,027 185,253 188,756 184,765 181,485 183,174
2 Japan 63,536 59,768 59,123 60,089 63,552 64,007 59,644 62,138 60,045
3 China 14,065 16,808 18,569 20,626 24,488 28,644 36,089 38,088 39,213
4 South Korea 26,097 25,824 23,306 22,702 23,593 27,943 28,643 32,203 35,786
5 Germany 20,075 18,845 18,429 19,194 19,490 20,173 19,541 20,345 18,709
6 Taiwan 15,983 14,052 12,958 12,375 13,664 14,650 14,438 15,095 15,743
7 UK 6,463 6,718 6,577 6,570 7,064 7,393 7,189 7,467 7,522
8 France 8,651 8,165 7,845 7,703 7,344 7,747 7,081 8,016 7,397
9 Switzerland 5,142 5,236 5,430 5,308 5,255 5,556 5,642 6,772 6,978
10 Canada 6,610 6,682 6,259 6,311 6,641 7,095 6,871 7,076 6,713
11 Sweden 4,257 4,245 3,670 3,740 3,902 4,364 4,454 5,194 4,932
12 Netherlands 4,685 4,703 4,703 4,853 4,784 5,088 4,525 4,441 4,306
13 Italy 2,647 2,694 2,738 2,760 2,938 2,953 3,039 3,263 3,190
14 Singapore 1,937 1,742 1,852 1,820 1,874 2,325 2,063 2,268 2,460
15 Australia 1,896 1,876 1,913 1,897 2,077 2,175 2,154 2,253 2,132
16 Finland 2,239 1,873 1,549 1,485 1,547 1,701 1,838 2,089 2,113
17 Denmark 1,550 1,528 1,528 1,452 1,679 1,731 1,706 2,038 1,866
18 Ireland 904 984 1,061 1,120 1,568 1,769 1,685 1,653 1,832
19 India 1,712 1,744 1,474 1,473 1,488 1,552 1,639 1,738 1,782
20 Belgium 1,331 1,349 1,385 1,455 1,548 1,570 1,529 1,641 1,641
21 Austria 1,423 1,411 1,311 1,300 1,393 1,355 1,284 1,512 1,458
22 Saudi Arabia 567 646 809 870 1,219 1,197 1,493 1,346 1,442
23 Spain 1,056 909 906 921 922 953 984 1,046 1,054
24 Norway 780 698 665 647 740 714 716 713 673
25 Brazil 379 358 362 353 340 363 383 456 498
26 Luxembourg 578 490 568 517 561 478 381 382 381
27 New Zealand 406 386 408 356 341 395 456 486 375
28 Turkey 211 194 216 247 226 260 319 356 329
29 Liechtenstein 190 189 207 219 248 251 254 300 274
30 Poland 231 243 188 222 223 201 253 253 260
31 Russia 469 375 355 327 379 406 411 392 255
32 Lithuania 29 19 26 30 26 25 42 54 234
33 Czech Republic 133 144 162 182 217 175 171 183 208
34 UAE 96 130 126 121 113 135 152 175 164
35 Portugal 93 124 106 131 138 133 174 171 146
36 Mexico 268 200 207 184 198 192 192 159 133
37 South Africa 182 172 168 168 143 146 146 136 123
38 Chile 73 77 73 93 94 84 89 107 99
39 Thailand 61 81 97 122 179 151 141 126 97
40 Malaysia 208 174 137 118 130 102 106 133 90
41 Greece 94 98 96 104 109 92 128 115 89
42 Cyprus 75 97 94 69 77 71 74 76 75
43 Qatar 39 34 40 30 48 57 45 54 74
44 Hungary 92 103 87 79 89 90 109 94 73
45 Argentina 63 69 60 78 60 79 65 65 72
46 Vietnam 12 11 11 20 26 46 49 42 71
47 Slovenia 33 60 39 50 49 62 56 49 62
48 Iceland 88 76 65 72 71 70 54 81 59
49 Estonia 30 34 31 35 45 53 43 62 51
50 Colombia 58 55 36 48 51 61 57 69 50
51 Iran 44 88 114 156 113 73 102 57 46
52 Ukraine 42 34 45 52 51 46 45 65 38
53 Croatia 14 13 14 10 15 18 18 25 32
54 Bulgaria 49 41 22 33 27 22 27 28 27
55 Slovakia 28 28 19 19 26 32 26 19 22
56 Panama 22 15 14 16 10 19 20 18 19
57 Philippines 43 37 28 28 38 28 27 29 18
58 Romania 31 19 18 10 20 19 21 30 17
59 Egypt 30 23 15 18 15 29 10 23 15
60 Pakistan 29 13 31 9 19 17 25 21 14
61 Serbia 12 4 16 10 20 15 11 17 14
62 Costa rica 23 14 4 6 16 8 13 17 14
63 Latvia 8 11 4 11 11 15 17 23 14
64 Cuba 13 12 4 6 6 8 9 10 13
65 Uruguay 6 9 13 21 15 11 16 18 13
66 Kuwait 23 23 23 25 24 17 14 20 12
67 Lebanon 13 10 18 19 17 16 15 15 11
68 Morocco 4 5 4 6 12 10 5 17 10
69 Jordan 16 15 18 21 11 3 10 9 10
70 Peru 8 13 6 15 7 12 12 11 8
71 Oman 1 3 2 6 2 3 5 0 7
72 Georgia 6 5 2 5 5 4 6 5 7
73 Tunisia 11 2 5 5 6 4 3 6 5
74 Kazakhstan 6 8 5 4 13 8 4 2 5
75 Nigeria 6 3 0 5 5 7 2 2 4
76 North Korea 4 1 1 0 4 2 6 4 4
77 Belarus 10 12 9 9 8 5 9 10 3
78 Jamaica 6 5 8 5 3 6 4 5 3
79 Indonesia 19 9 7 13 9 8 7 13 3
80 Azerbaijan 1 1 2 2 3 5 3 2 3
81 Armenia 8 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 2
82 Bangladesh 5 2 4 1 2 2 0 1 2
83 Uzbekistan 2 3 3 3 0 4 1 0 1
84 Bahrain 5 5 3 3 5 2 2 1 1
85 Venezuela 0 10 19 3 3 5 6 2 1
86 Bosnia 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 1
87 Iraq 5 0 1 0 1 4 1 3 1
88 Syria 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
89 Paraguay 2 0 0 0 16 2 1 0 1
90 Algeria 2 2 0 1 0 4 2 0 0
91 Yemen 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
92 Afghanistan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
93 Angola 2 5 9 11 19