Nanotechnology patents in German patent office (DPMA) (Patent)
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||
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World | 550 | 151 | 171 | 139 | 151 | 143 | 132 | 146 | 150 | 176 | 164 | | |
1 | Germany | 474 | 130 | 141 | 118 | 131 | 123 | 115 | 117 | 113 | 139 | 114 | |
2 | USA | 36 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 28 | |
3 | Japan | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | |
4 | South Korea | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
5 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
6 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | Taiwan | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
8 | Switzerland | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
9 | Canada | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
14 | UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
19 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | Singapore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
22 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
24 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | France | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
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