☰
✕
INFO
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.
Source : Orbit.com

Published patent applications in USPTO (Patent)

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

Click on Published patent applications in USPTO (Patent) to see all the information