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Indicator : Published patent applications in EPO (Patent)
Description : The indicator shows the number of patents applications published (but not yet granted) in EPO. 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 EPO (Patent)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022
World 141,529 148,804 150,948 82,238 88,648 94,938 94,922
1 Japan 21,564 20,823 21,191 20,619 21,569 21,577 20,707
2 China 5,536 6,302 8,521 7,396 9,549 12,021 15,946
3 USA 37,205 42,716 41,274 12,869 14,709 15,650 13,442
4 Germany 22,857 22,442 22,132 11,146 12,096 12,423 11,732
5 South Korea 6,206 6,854 6,566 6,198 6,595 7,998 8,664
6 France 9,950 10,107 10,121 3,724 3,923 4,001 3,759
7 Switzerland 5,680 5,875 6,023 2,706 2,865 3,168 3,016
8 Italy 3,643 3,978 4,158 1,891 1,921 2,050 2,261
9 Netherlands 4,295 4,609 4,785 1,522 2,140 2,251 1,981
10 UK 4,627 5,085 4,993 1,459 1,799 2,108 1,558
11 Sweden 3,908 3,373 3,548 1,016 1,180 1,381 1,533
12 Taiwan 1,175 1,377 1,525 1,348 1,517 1,326 1,349
13 Spain 1,380 1,322 1,372 1,104 1,181 1,230 1,248
14 Austria 1,823 1,894 1,980 928 1,102 1,129 1,166
15 Belgium 1,530 1,631 1,702 838 870 942 877
16 Finland 2,016 1,923 1,632 700 774 782 876
17 Denmark 1,384 1,429 1,500 579 669 798 801
18 Canada 1,666 1,742 1,550 439 577 668 662
19 Ireland 468 508 516 232 307 395 391
20 India 533 655 706 288 281 266 377
21 Singapore 397 439 443 158 181 199 311
22 Poland 390 455 460 197 265 269 273
23 Liechtenstein 333 322 392 162 213 238 224
24 Russia 241 200 221 182 202 244 199
25 Turkey 415 438 525 273 450 155 199
26 Norway 520 481 495 136 151 146 163
27 Brazil 202 183 234 109 140 133 158
28 Luxembourg 373 398 513 177 136 161 150
29 Australia 796 817 838 115 135 146 140
30 Portugal 122 158 144 86 108 136 101
31 Czech Republic 198 193 216 98 108 119 97
32 Greece 81 80 82 42 47 48 94
33 Slovenia 114 123 98 58 50 56 73
34 New Zealand 196 196 222 46 36 65 68
35 Thailand 20 23 66 37 36 32 58
36 Lithuania 31 33 28 10 9 13 40
37 Chile 29 42 36 32 48 30 35
38 Mexico 61 63 68 36 44 45 29
39 Hungary 94 100 102 26 32 37 28
40 Estonia 34 33 35 21 17 19 27
41 Saudi Arabia 185 261 173 18 33 31 26
42 UAE 29 62 39 15 8 3 24
43 Romania 33 32 18 10 22 28 23
44 Slovakia 38 36 46 25 23 27 21
45 Bulgaria 30 32 26 10 17 16 20
46 Cyprus 42 39 50 22 21 20 19
47 Ukraine 18 11 23 13 11 13 18
48 Latvia 61 15 21 10 9 15 15
49 Colombia 19 13 21 12 12 12 15
50 Argentina 18 23 22 15 11 12 14
51 Malaysia 65 47 41 7 7 12 12
52 Costa rica 4 1 4 0 3 1 8
53 Belarus 4 3 3 6 2 4 8
54 Cuba 9 6 2 3 7 8 8
55 South Africa 105 96 130 10 15 9 7
56 Croatia 12 12 14 3 2 6 7
57 Egypt 7 5 1 6 2 0 7
58 Iceland 41 39 43 3 8 7 5
59 Uruguay 9 4 8 10 2 2 4
60 Bosnia 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
61 Panama 6 6 6 1 3 2 4
62 Angola 2 3 5 5 3
63 Kazakhstan 8 4 5 6 2 0 2
64 Serbia 9 3 5 1 3 4 2
65 Qatar 17 8 11 3 4 2 2
66 Lebanon 4 3 8 3 5 4 2
67 Georgia 3 0 2 0 0 1 2
68 Tunisia 4 3 2 2 1 0 2
69 Philippines 21 7 4 1 0 0 1
70 Morocco 4 2 4 1 1 1 1
71 Peru 1 5 2 3 2 6 1
72 Venezuela 0 3 0 0 0 0 1
73 North Korea 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
74 Armenia 2 2 0 0 1 1 1
75 Vietnam 4 1 3 0 3 2 1
76 Kuwait 3 3 5 0 1 5 1
77 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
78 Indonesia 9 7 2 1 0 2 0
79 Oman 1 2 2 0 1 2 0
80 Pakistan 3 0 1 1 4 1 0
81 Iran 3 6 3 1 1 0 0
82 Syria 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
83 Uzbekistan 1 2 0 0 3 2 0
84 Jamaica 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
85 Bangladesh 9 0 0 0 0 0 0
86 Azerbaijan 0 2 3 0 1 1 0
87 Jordan 3 6 2 1 0 0 0
88 Algeria 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
89 Bahrain 2 2 2 3 0 3 0

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