Sum of nanotechnology patents in USPTO and EPO (Patent)
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||
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World | 1,571 | 1,844 | 2,352 | 2,545 | 2,440 | 3,105 | 3,175 | 3,419 | 3,866 | 5,328 | 5,749 | 6,475 | 7,609 | 9,970 | 10,003 | 10,490 | 11,531 | 11,401 | 12,670 | 12,699 | 12,593 | 11,428 | 12,142 | | |
1 | USA | 961 | 1,112 | 1,402 | 1,529 | 1,428 | 1,832 | 1,886 | 1,900 | 2,132 | 2,830 | 2,969 | 3,347 | 3,965 | 4,775 | 4,786 | 4,893 | 5,394 | 5,199 | 5,799 | 5,865 | 5,768 | 5,026 | 5,353 | |
2 | South Korea | 20 | 29 | 49 | 75 | 154 | 107 | 134 | 216 | 280 | 425 | 483 | 479 | 556 | 740 | 891 | 1,019 | 1,210 | 1,138 | 1,167 | 1,242 | 1,068 | 1,032 | 1,179 | |
3 | China | 3 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 22 | 42 | 61 | 107 | 145 | 240 | 286 | 371 | 421 | 475 | 588 | 610 | 849 | 871 | 965 | 1,137 | 1,057 | |
4 | Japan | 196 | 204 | 276 | 282 | 296 | 324 | 309 | 337 | 420 | 595 | 566 | 659 | 721 | 1,030 | 1,033 | 1,007 | 998 | 958 | 1,016 | 940 | 899 | 879 | 804 | |
5 | Taiwan | 26 | 39 | 37 | 61 | 68 | 109 | 116 | 145 | 193 | 274 | 320 | 415 | 431 | 559 | 512 | 533 | 505 | 447 | 535 | 546 | 580 | 625 | 677 | |
6 | Germany | 94 | 152 | 193 | 198 | 170 | 233 | 225 | 243 | 240 | 362 | 411 | 413 | 491 | 702 | 536 | 590 | 732 | 664 | 754 | 635 | 604 | 485 | 505 | |
7 | France | 108 | 109 | 119 | 95 | 110 | 112 | 120 | 129 | 127 | 195 | 262 | 268 | 321 | 487 | 394 | 418 | 471 | 524 | 517 | 452 | 456 | 384 | 405 | |
8 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 36 | 58 | 59 | 106 | 172 | 188 | 193 | 254 | 272 | 333 | |
9 | UK | 27 | 40 | 36 | 56 | 36 | 45 | 43 | 39 | 47 | 57 | 79 | 105 | 125 | 190 | 154 | 204 | 233 | 247 | 288 | 298 | 288 | 216 | 246 | |
10 | Canada | 28 | 30 | 39 | 45 | 44 | 67 | 32 | 53 | 46 | 65 | 89 | 99 | 106 | 141 | 123 | 128 | 148 | 153 | 199 | 189 | 196 | 191 | 213 | |
11 | Switzerland | 15 | 18 | 39 | 23 | 34 | 36 | 47 | 55 | 56 | 63 | 79 | 85 | 108 | 189 | 112 | 154 | 184 | 188 | 185 | 186 | 222 | 164 | 190 | |
12 | Netherlands | 16 | 24 | 38 | 28 | 46 | 54 | 73 | 80 | 80 | 130 | 110 | 140 | 160 | 193 | 199 | 207 | 191 | 190 | 186 | 189 | 191 | 149 | 176 | |
13 | Italy | 12 | 17 | 16 | 31 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 45 | 37 | 59 | 55 | 67 | 80 | 106 | 88 | 96 | 94 | 103 | 133 | 143 | 114 | 103 | 118 | |
14 | Belgium | 10 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 25 | 52 | 46 | 46 | 70 | 78 | 71 | 83 | 94 | 89 | 96 | 108 | 79 | 101 | |
15 | Finland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 33 | 46 | 49 | 75 | 75 | 76 | 110 | 121 | 104 | 90 | 95 | |
16 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 47 | 42 | 62 | 72 | 66 | 88 | 71 | 69 | 73 | 67 | |
17 | Australia | 8 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 34 | 36 | 25 | 43 | 44 | 51 | 22 | 35 | 37 | 33 | 42 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 65 | 65 | 44 | 66 | |
18 | Sweden | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 45 | 87 | 73 | 76 | 74 | 77 | 78 | 60 | 69 | 66 | 64 | |
19 | Singapore | 2 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 39 | 42 | 59 | 67 | 70 | 74 | 84 | 97 | 91 | 71 | 57 | 54 | |
20 | India | 5 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 36 | 69 | 61 | 67 | 84 | 84 | 81 | 62 | 65 | 61 | 54 | |
21 | Ireland | 6 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 25 | 17 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 28 | 43 | 44 | 40 | 48 | |
22 | Denmark | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 26 | 23 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 30 | 38 | 32 | |
23 | Austria | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 22 | 38 | 32 | 27 | 31 | 36 | 45 | 52 | 60 | 40 | 31 | |
24 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 26 | |
25 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 26 | 22 | 22 | 28 | 17 | 15 | 21 | |
26 | Luxembourg | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 26 | 16 | 35 | 24 | 25 | 30 | 20 | |
27 | Norway | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 28 | 22 | 30 | 17 | |
28 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 14 | |
29 | UAE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 14 | |
30 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 13 | |
31 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | |
32 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 8 | |
33 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 37 | 22 | 23 | 8 | |
34 | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | |
35 | Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 7 | |
36 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 6 | |
37 | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | |
38 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | |
39 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 5 | |
40 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
41 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |
42 | Qatar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | |
43 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
44 | Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
45 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | |
46 | Romania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
47 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
48 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | |
49 | Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
50 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
51 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
52 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
53 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
54 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
55 | Iceland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
56 | Costa rica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
57 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
58 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
59 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
60 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
61 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
62 | Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
63 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
64 | Venezuela | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
65 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
66 | Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
67 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
68 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
69 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
70 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
71 | Jordan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
72 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
73 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
74 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
75 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
76 | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
77 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
78 | Oman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | |
79 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
80 | Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | | |||
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