Total patents in USPTO (Patent)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 [June] | |||
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World | 326,971 | 334,674 | 352,587 | 341,104 | 392,617 | 390,576 | 363,829 | 360,417 | 350,126 | 187,864 | | |
1 | USA | 164,919 | 170,006 | 180,549 | 172,674 | 198,766 | 196,443 | 178,291 | 169,036 | 173,379 | 86,976 | |
2 | China | 8,706 | 10,975 | 14,038 | 16,101 | 22,294 | 25,737 | 28,680 | 35,187 | 34,253 | 22,640 | |
3 | Japan | 55,351 | 52,961 | 53,365 | 50,944 | 57,465 | 55,205 | 48,405 | 47,795 | 40,377 | 22,240 | |
4 | South Korea | 20,703 | 22,618 | 23,539 | 22,764 | 24,743 | 24,587 | 22,120 | 23,301 | 23,197 | 12,985 | |
5 | Germany | 16,618 | 16,563 | 17,356 | 16,273 | 18,701 | 17,907 | 15,334 | 15,329 | 13,187 | 7,808 | |
6 | Taiwan | 13,179 | 12,823 | 12,603 | 11,618 | 12,412 | 12,805 | 11,675 | 11,910 | 12,264 | 5,941 | |
7 | Switzerland | 4,598 | 4,613 | 4,974 | 4,585 | 5,266 | 4,983 | 5,038 | 5,186 | 5,165 | 3,173 | |
8 | France | 7,100 | 6,711 | 6,919 | 6,486 | 7,142 | 6,844 | 5,855 | 5,789 | 5,154 | 2,923 | |
9 | UK | 4,777 | 4,892 | 5,478 | 5,468 | 6,484 | 6,217 | 5,576 | 5,336 | 5,030 | 2,853 | |
10 | Canada | 5,528 | 5,072 | 5,417 | 5,064 | 6,002 | 5,779 | 5,457 | 5,273 | 5,468 | 2,803 | |
11 | Sweden | 3,438 | 3,560 | 3,722 | 3,596 | 3,993 | 3,774 | 3,608 | 3,653 | 3,404 | 1,988 | |
12 | Netherlands | 4,065 | 4,233 | 4,387 | 4,402 | 4,917 | 4,799 | 4,138 | 3,858 | 3,120 | 1,750 | |
13 | Italy | 2,243 | 2,364 | 2,466 | 2,623 | 2,865 | 2,863 | 2,603 | 2,461 | 2,267 | 1,369 | |
14 | Saudi Arabia | 409 | 517 | 664 | 778 | 1,046 | 1,086 | 1,319 | 1,510 | 1,623 | 1,165 | |
15 | Australia | 1,534 | 1,405 | 1,536 | 1,549 | 1,764 | 1,903 | 1,838 | 1,709 | 1,577 | 999 | |
16 | Singapore | 1,662 | 1,865 | 1,905 | 1,791 | 2,029 | 1,977 | 1,918 | 1,905 | 1,721 | 999 | |
17 | Denmark | 1,175 | 1,197 | 1,236 | 1,244 | 1,433 | 1,397 | 1,351 | 1,486 | 1,318 | 847 | |
18 | Finland | 1,662 | 1,826 | 1,927 | 1,522 | 1,664 | 1,557 | 1,394 | 1,500 | 1,401 | 834 | |
19 | Ireland | 764 | 833 | 831 | 1,083 | 1,572 | 1,578 | 1,376 | 1,408 | 1,382 | 788 | |
20 | Austria | 965 | 1,104 | 1,266 | 1,164 | 1,294 | 1,181 | 1,067 | 1,029 | 912 | 627 | |
21 | Belgium | 982 | 1,039 | 1,148 | 1,144 | 1,294 | 1,254 | 1,100 | 1,203 | 1,059 | 623 | |
22 | India | 897 | 909 | 1,045 | 1,036 | 1,218 | 1,179 | 1,058 | 1,091 | 788 | 499 | |
23 | Spain | 668 | 607 | 669 | 625 | 729 | 733 | 635 | 725 | 583 | 346 | |
24 | Norway | 542 | 527 | 549 | 566 | 615 | 651 | 579 | 577 | 507 | 276 | |
25 | New Zealand | 280 | 274 | 299 | 319 | 375 | 409 | 385 | 386 | 331 | 197 | |
26 | Luxembourg | 641 | 548 | 504 | 440 | 525 | 437 | 383 | 346 | 339 | 147 | |
27 | Brazil | 278 | 258 | 269 | 244 | 269 | 265 | 218 | 259 | 221 | 142 | |
28 | Liechtenstein | 154 | 149 | 148 | 163 | 221 | 215 | 209 | 179 | 162 | 109 | |
29 | Turkey | 105 | 111 | 171 | 160 | 202 | 175 | 168 | 176 | 149 | 105 | |
30 | UAE | 52 | 65 | 93 | 85 | 116 | 129 | 99 | 113 | 156 | 103 | |
31 | Lithuania | 11 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 36 | 101 | 212 | 91 | |
32 | Russia | 257 | 240 | 262 | 223 | 235 | 261 | 220 | 250 | 159 | 88 | |
33 | Poland | 142 | 149 | 154 | 173 | 179 | 164 | 157 | 147 | 147 | 88 | |
34 | South Africa | 145 | 147 | 136 | 129 | 149 | 131 | 101 | 105 | 82 | 73 | |
35 | Czech Republic | 61 | 87 | 101 | 149 | 193 | 190 | 117 | 136 | 142 | 66 | |
36 | Mexico | 138 | 157 | 208 | 160 | 182 | 147 | 130 | 113 | 104 | 63 | |
37 | Portugal | 46 | 78 | 93 | 79 | 103 | 94 | 102 | 98 | 69 | 61 | |
38 | Cyprus | 68 | 87 | 130 | 118 | 118 | 114 | 118 | 132 | 92 | 52 | |
39 | Thailand | 57 | 52 | 73 | 74 | 115 | 150 | 98 | 73 | 51 | 45 | |
40 | Malaysia | 93 | 106 | 99 | 102 | 77 | 91 | 44 | 60 | 64 | 40 | |
41 | Greece | 49 | 48 | 74 | 64 | 83 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 28 | |
42 | Hungary | 68 | 58 | 82 | 66 | 79 | 80 | 63 | 60 | 58 | 28 | |
43 | Argentina | 43 | 41 | 39 | 37 | 59 | 47 | 40 | 41 | 48 | 28 | |
44 | Vietnam | 7 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 27 | 35 | 34 | 41 | 26 | |
45 | Iran | 31 | 29 | 40 | 54 | 87 | 120 | 71 | 72 | 42 | 25 | |
46 | Iceland | 66 | 62 | 71 | 55 | 63 | 73 | 56 | 76 | 54 | 23 | |
47 | Slovenia | 39 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 42 | 60 | 41 | 22 | |
48 | Colombia | 30 | 35 | 24 | 36 | 33 | 46 | 38 | 38 | 45 | 22 | |
49 | Chile | 61 | 48 | 47 | 38 | 55 | 54 | 61 | 66 | 58 | 21 | |
50 | Estonia | 25 | 23 | 22 | 34 | 41 | 27 | 38 | 47 | 45 | 20 | |
51 | Ukraine | 13 | 17 | 27 | 32 | 38 | 53 | 29 | 38 | 35 | 19 | |
52 | Qatar | 8 | 13 | 22 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 42 | 42 | 19 | |
53 | Kuwait | 64 | 48 | 45 | 33 | 45 | 27 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 14 | |
54 | Bulgaria | 43 | 22 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 18 | 13 | |
55 | Slovakia | 19 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 30 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 11 | |
56 | Costa rica | 10 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 9 | |
57 | Pakistan | 13 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 9 | |
58 | Romania | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 9 | |
59 | Philippines | 23 | 16 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 8 | |
60 | Angola | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 7 | | ||||
61 | Peru | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | |
62 | Croatia | 8 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 9 | 7 | |
63 | Panama | 9 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 16 | 29 | 7 | |
64 | Latvia | 5 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 6 | |
65 | Lebanon | 7 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 6 | |
66 | Indonesia | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 5 | |
67 | Uruguay | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | |
68 | Morocco | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 9 | 18 | 4 | |
69 | Jordan | 15 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
70 | Egypt | 13 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | |
71 | Cuba | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
72 | Belarus | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | |
73 | Tunisia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
74 | Georgia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
75 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
76 | North Korea | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
77 | Serbia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | |
78 | Jamaica | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 1 | |
79 | Algeria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
80 | Armenia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
81 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
82 | Bosnia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
83 | Yemen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
84 | Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
85 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
86 | Oman | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
87 | Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
88 | Syria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
89 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
90 | Bangladesh | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
91 | Venezuela | 25 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
92 | Iraq | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
93 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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