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Indicator : Nanotechnology patents in German patent office (DPMA) - (Old method) (Patent)
Description : Considering the publication of contents of nanotechnology-related patents by ISO (ISO/TS 18110), StatNano changed its search strategy to obtain data of nanotechnology patents. 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. Old data would be available on StatNano website until 1 April 2016, and after that it would not be updated.
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Nanotechnology patents in German patent office (DPMA) - (Old method) (Patent)

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
World 406 383 450 379 456 515 542 491
1 Germany 321 310 342 290 358 372 409 344
2 USA 30 35 53 41 43 47 56 66
3 Japan 20 15 25 18 16 38 49 36
4 Taiwan 1 2 8 4 4 6 4 11
5 Austria 5 3 4 5 6 15 5 9
6 South Korea 10 7 11 7 13 9 6 7
7 Switzerland 6 4 12 4 7 8 9 7
8 Netherlands 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
9 China 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 2
10 Sweden 3 0 0 2 1 3 1 2
11 France 6 3 0 5 2 5 3 2
12 UK 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
13 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
14 Denmark 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
15 Italy 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1
16 Ireland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
17 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Russia 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0
19 Singapore 3 2 6 0 2 0 1 0
20 Slovakia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 Turkey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
22 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 Norway 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 Australia 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Canada 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0
26 Finland 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
27 India 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0