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Indicator : Published patent applications in USPTO (Patent)

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

		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021 [Mar]
	World	382,483	381,792 -0.181	374,731 -1.849	376,609 0.501	394,879 4.851	413,535 4.724	92,879 -77.54	
1	USA	181,069 1 47.34	185,523 1 48.59 2.46 26	182,429 1 48.68 -1.668 35	179,027 1 47.54 -1.865 51	185,253 1 46.91 3.478 47	188,756 1 45.64 1.891 45	41,822 1 45.03 -77.843 42	
2	Japan	63,536 2 16.61	59,768 2 15.65 -5.93 44	59,123 2 15.78 -1.079 34	60,089 2 15.96 1.634 42	63,552 2 16.09 5.763 40	64,007 2 15.48 0.716 49	14,528 2 15.64 -77.302 36	
3	China	14,065 6 3.68	16,808 5 4.4 19.502 15	18,569 4 4.96 10.477 21	20,626 4 5.48 11.078 29	24,488 3 6.2 18.724 23	28,644 3 6.93 16.972 25	7,321 3 7.88 -74.441 20	
4	South Korea	26,097 3 6.82	25,824 3 6.76 -1.046 36	23,306 3 6.22 -9.751 52	22,702 3 6.03 -2.592 54	23,593 4 5.97 3.925 46	27,943 4 6.76 18.438 23	6,514 4 7.01 -76.688 30	
5	Germany	20,075 4 5.25	18,845 4 4.94 -6.127 45	18,429 5 4.92 -2.207 38	19,194 5 5.1 4.151 38	19,490 5 4.94 1.542 49	20,173 5 4.88 3.504 41	4,308 5 4.64 -78.645 49	
6	Taiwan	15,983 5 4.18	14,052 6 3.68 -12.082 53	12,958 6 3.46 -7.785 50	12,375 6 3.29 -4.499 58	13,664 6 3.46 10.416 30	14,650 6 3.54 7.216 31	3,374 6 3.63 -76.969 31	
7	UK	6,463 9 1.69	6,718 8 1.76 3.946 25	6,577 8 1.76 -2.099 37	6,570 8 1.74 -0.106 46	7,064 8 1.79 7.519 35	7,393 8 1.79 4.657 39	1,622 7 1.75 -78.06 44	
8	France	8,651 7 2.26	8,165 7 2.14 -5.618 43	7,845 7 2.09 -3.919 42	7,703 7 2.05 -1.81 50	7,344 7 1.86 -4.661 62	7,747 7 1.87 5.487 37	1,587 8 1.71 -79.515 54	
9	Canada	6,610 8 1.73	6,682 9 1.75 1.089 31	6,259 9 1.67 -6.33 47	6,311 9 1.68 0.831 43	6,641 9 1.68 5.229 42	7,095 9 1.72 6.836 33	1,552 9 1.67 -78.125 46	
10	Switzerland	5,142 10 1.34	5,236 10 1.37 1.828 28	5,430 10 1.45 3.705 27	5,308 10 1.41 -2.247 52	5,255 10 1.33 -0.998 54	5,556 10 1.34 5.728 36	1,263 10 1.36 -77.268 34	
11	Netherlands	4,685 11 1.22	4,703 11 1.23 0.384 32	4,703 11 1.26 0	4,853 11 1.29 3.189 39	4,784 11 1.21 -1.422 56	5,088 11 1.23 6.355 35	965 11 1.04 -81.034 63	
12	Sweden	4,257 12 1.11	4,245 12 1.11 -0.282 33	3,670 12 0.98 -13.545 54	3,740 12 0.99 1.907 40	3,902 12 0.99 4.332 44	4,364 12 1.06 11.84 29	957 12 1.03 -78.071 45	
13	Italy	2,647 13 0.69	2,694 13 0.71 1.776 29	2,738 13 0.73 1.633 31	2,760 13 0.73 0.804 44	2,938 13 0.74 6.449 37	2,953 13 0.71 0.511 50	667 13 0.72 -77.413 39	
14	Australia	1,896 16 0.5	1,876 14 0.49 -1.055 37	1,913 14 0.51 1.972 30	1,897 14 0.5 -0.836 47	2,077 14 0.53 9.489 32	2,175 15 0.53 4.718 38	496 14 0.53 -77.195 33	
15	Singapore	1,937 15 0.51	1,742 17 0.46 -10.067 51	1,852 15 0.49 6.315 25	1,820 15 0.48 -1.728 49	1,874 15 0.47 2.967 48	2,325 14 0.56 24.066 16	496 14 0.53 -78.667 50	
16	Ireland	904 22 0.24	984 21 0.26 8.85 20	1,061 21 0.28 7.825 23	1,120 21 0.3 5.561 35	1,568 17 0.4 40 16	1,769 16 0.43 12.819 28	390 16 0.42 -77.954 43	
17	Finland	2,239 14 0.59	1,873 15 0.49 -16.347 61	1,549 16 0.41 -17.298 59	1,485 16 0.39 -4.132 57	1,547 19 0.39 4.175 45	1,701 18 0.41 9.955 30	390 16 0.42 -77.072 32	
18	India	1,712 17 0.45	1,744 16 0.46 1.869 27	1,474 18 0.39 -15.482 57	1,473 17 0.39 -0.068 45	1,488 20 0.38 1.018 51	1,552 20 0.38 4.301 40	364 18 0.39 -76.546 29	
19	Denmark	1,550 18 0.41	1,528 18 0.4 -1.419 38	1,528 17 0.41 0	1,452 19 0.39 -4.974 59	1,679 16 0.43 15.634 25	1,731 17 0.42 3.097 43	355 19 0.38 -79.492 53	
20	Belgium	1,331 20 0.35	1,349 20 0.35 1.352 30	1,385 19 0.37 2.669 29	1,455 18 0.39 5.054 37	1,548 18 0.39 6.392 38	1,570 19 0.38 1.421 46	349 20 0.38 -77.771 41	
21	Saudi Arabia	567 25 0.15	646 24 0.17 13.933 16	809 23 0.22 25.232 14	870 23 0.23 7.54 33	1,219 22 0.31 40.115 15	1,197 22 0.29 -1.805 52	300 21 0.32 -74.937 22	
22	Austria	1,423 19 0.37	1,411 19 0.37 -0.843 35	1,311 20 0.35 -7.087 49	1,300 20 0.35 -0.839 48	1,393 21 0.35 7.154 36	1,355 21 0.33 -2.728 53	266 22 0.29 -80.369 60	
23	Spain	1,056 21 0.28	909 22 0.24 -13.92 56	906 22 0.24 -0.33 33	921 22 0.24 1.656 41	922 23 0.23 0.109 53	953 23 0.23 3.362 42	199 23 0.21 -79.119 51	
24	Norway	780 23 0.2	698 23 0.18 -10.513 52	665 24 0.18 -4.728 43	647 24 0.17 -2.707 55	740 24 0.19 14.374 26	714 24 0.17 -3.514 55	162 24 0.17 -77.311 37	
25	Russia	469 26 0.12	375 27 0.1 -20.043 65	355 28 0.09 -5.333 46	327 28 0.09 -7.887 60	379 26 0.1 15.902 24	406 26 0.1 7.124 32	107 25 0.12 -73.645 16	
26	New Zealand	406 27 0.11	386 26 0.1 -4.926 39	408 26 0.11 5.699 26	356 26 0.09 -12.745 64	341 27 0.09 -4.213 61	395 27 0.1 15.836 26	101 26 0.11 -74.43 18	
27	Brazil	379 28 0.1	358 28 0.09 -5.541 42	362 27 0.1 1.117 32	353 27 0.09 -2.486 53	340 28 0.09 -3.683 59	363 28 0.09 6.765 34	81 27 0.09 -77.686 40	
28	Luxembourg	578 24 0.15	490 25 0.13 -15.225 58	568 25 0.15 15.918 18	517 25 0.14 -8.979 61	561 25 0.14 8.511 33	478 25 0.12 -14.795 66	81 27 0.09 -83.054 70	
29	Poland	231 30 0.06	243 29 0.06 5.195 23	188 32 0.05 -22.634 63	222 30 0.06 18.085 21	223 31 0.06 0.45 52	201 31 0.05 -9.865 62	55 29 0.06 -72.637 14	
30	Liechtenstein	190 33 0.05	189 32 0.05 -0.526 34	207 30 0.06 9.524 22	219 31 0.06 5.797 34	248 29 0.06 13.242 27	251 30 0.06 1.21 47	54 30 0.06 -78.486 48	
31	Turkey	211 31 0.06	194 31 0.05 -8.057 49	216 29 0.06 11.34 20	247 29 0.07 14.352 25	226 30 0.06 -8.502 64	260 29 0.06 15.044 27	49 31 0.05 -81.154 64	
32	Czech Republic	133 35 0.03	144 35 0.04 8.271 21	162 34 0.04 12.5 19	182 33 0.05 12.346 28	217 32 0.05 19.231 22	175 33 0.04 -19.355 71	43 32 0.05 -75.429 25	
33	Mexico	268 29 0.07	200 30 0.05 -25.373 68	207 30 0.06 3.5 28	184 32 0.05 -11.111 63	198 33 0.05 7.609 34	192 32 0.05 -3.03 54	38 33 0.04 -80.208 59	
34	Portugal	93 38 0.02	124 37 0.03 33.333 9	106 38 0.03 -14.516 56	131 36 0.03 23.585 19	138 36 0.03 5.344 41	133 37 0.03 -3.623 56	34 34 0.04 -74.436 19	
35	Thailand	61 44 0.02	81 42 0.02 32.787 11	97 39 0.03 19.753 16	122 37 0.03 25.773 18	179 34 0.05 46.721 14	151 34 0.04 -15.642 68	30 35 0.03 -80.132 58	
36	South Africa	182 34 0.05	172 34 0.05 -5.495 41	168 33 0.04 -2.326 39	168 34 0.04 0	143 35 0.04 -14.881 68	146 35 0.04 2.098 44	30 35 0.03 -79.452 52	
37	UAE	96 36 0.03	130 36 0.03 35.417 8	126 36 0.03 -3.077 40	121 38 0.03 -3.968 56	113 38 0.03 -6.612 63	135 36 0.03 19.469 21	25 37 0.03 -81.481 65	
38	Malaysia	208 32 0.05	174 33 0.05 -16.346 60	137 35 0.04 -21.264 61	118 39 0.03 -13.869 65	130 37 0.03 10.169 31	102 38 0.02 -21.538 73	24 38 0.03 -76.471 28	
39	Hungary	92 39 0.02	103 38 0.03 11.957 18	87 42 0.02 -15.534 58	79 42 0.02 -9.195 62	89 42 0.02 12.658 28	90 40 0.02 1.124 48	24 38 0.03 -73.333 15	
40	Iran	44 47 0.01	88 41 0.02 100 2	114 37 0.03 29.545 13	156 35 0.04 36.842 13	113 38 0.03 -27.564 72	73 43 0.02 -35.398 79	21 40 0.02 -71.233 13	
41	Chile	73 42 0.02	77 43 0.02 5.479 22	73 43 0.02 -5.195 44	93 41 0.02 27.397 17	94 41 0.02 1.075 50	84 41 0.02 -10.638 64	19 41 0.02 -77.381 38	
42	Greece	94 37 0.02	98 39 0.03 4.255 24	96 40 0.03 -2.041 36	104 40 0.03 8.333 32	109 40 0.03 4.808 43	92 39 0.02 -15.596 67	18 42 0.02 -80.435 61	
43	Cyprus	75 41 0.02	97 40 0.03 29.333 12	94 41 0.03 -3.093 41	69 45 0.02 -26.596 68	77 43 0.02 11.594 29	71 44 0.02 -7.792 60	18 42 0.02 -74.648 21	
44	Iceland	88 40 0.02	76 44 0.02 -13.636 55	65 44 0.02 -14.474 55	72 44 0.02 10.769 30	71 44 0.02 -1.389 55	70 45 0.02 -1.408 51	17 44 0.02 -75.714 26	
45	Argentina	63 43 0.02	69 45 0.02 9.524 19	60 45 0.02 -13.043 53	78 43 0.02 30 15	60 45 0.02 -23.077 71	79 42 0.02 31.667 14	17 44 0.02 -78.481 47	
46	Slovenia	33 51 0.01	60 46 0.02 81.818 3	39 48 0.01 -35 70	50 47 0.01 28.205 16	49 48 0.01 -2 58	62 46 0.01 26.531 15	16 46 0.02 -74.194 17	
47	Qatar	39 50 0.01	34 50 0.01 -12.821 54	40 47 0.01 17.647 17	30 51 0.01 -25 67	48 49 0.01 60 11	57 48 0.01 18.75 22	10 47 0.01 -82.456 68	
48	Panama	22 60 0.01	15 58 0 -31.818 69	14 63 0 -6.667 48	16 61 0 14.286 26	10 70 0 -37.5 75	19 57 0 90 5	10 47 0.01 -47.368 3	
49	Ukraine	42 49 0.01	34 50 0.01 -19.048 64	45 46 0.01 32.353 12	52 46 0.01 15.556 23	51 46 0.01 -1.923 57	46 50 0.01 -9.804 61	9 49 0.01 -80.435 61	
50	Vietnam	12 66 0	11 66 0 -8.333 50	11 66 0 0	20 57 0.01 81.818 7	26 53 0.01 30 19	46 50 0.01 76.923 6	8 50 0.01 -82.609 69	
51	Estonia	30 53 0.01	34 50 0.01 13.333 17	31 50 0.01 -8.824 51	35 49 0.01 12.903 27	45 50 0.01 28.571 20	53 49 0.01 17.778 24	8 50 0.01 -84.906 74	
52	Colombia	58 45 0.02	55 47 0.01 -5.172 40	36 49 0.01 -34.545 68	48 48 0.01 33.333 14	51 46 0.01 6.25 39	61 47 0.01 19.608 20	8 50 0.01 -86.885 75	
53	Lebanon	13 64 0	10 68 0 -23.077 66	18 58 0 80 8	19 58 0.01 5.556 36	17 60 0 -10.526 65	16 62 0 -5.882 59	7 53 0.01 -56.25 8	
54	Lithuania	29 55 0.01	19 56 0 -34.483 70	26 53 0.01 36.842 11	30 51 0.01 15.385 24	26 53 0.01 -13.333 67	25 55 0.01 -3.846 57	6 54 0.01 -76 27	
55	Philippines	43 48 0.01	37 49 0.01 -13.953 57	28 52 0.01 -24.324 64	28 53 0.01 0	38 51 0.01 35.714 18	28 54 0.01 -26.316 75	5 55 0.01 -82.143 66	
56	Bulgaria	49 46 0.01	41 48 0.01 -16.327 59	22 55 0.01 -46.341 73	33 50 0.01 50 9	27 52 0.01 -18.182 70	22 56 0.01 -18.519 70	5 55 0.01 -77.273 35	
57	Slovakia	28 57 0.01	28 53 0.01 0	19 56 0.01 -32.143 66	19 58 0.01 0	26 53 0.01 36.842 17	32 52 0.01 23.077 17	5 55 0.01 -84.375 73	
58	Peru	8 70 0	13 61 0 62.5 4	6 70 0 -53.846 74	15 62 0 150 3	7 74 0 -53.333 78	12 65 0 71.429 7	5 55 0.01 -58.333 9	
59	Jordan	16 62 0	15 58 0 -6.25 46	18 58 0 20 15	21 55 0.01 16.667 22	11 68 0 -47.619 77	3 83 0 -72.727 85	4 59 0 33.333 1	
60	Uruguay	6 73 0	9 70 0 50 5	13 65 0 44.444 10	21 55 0.01 61.538 8	15 63 0 -28.571 73	11 66 0 -26.667 76	4 59 0 -63.636 11	
61	Serbia	12 66 0	4 77 0 -66.667 79	16 61 0 300 1	10 65 0 -37.5 70	20 57 0.01 100 4	15 63 0 -25 74	3 61 0 -80 55	
62	Croatia	14 63 0	13 61 0 -7.143 47	14 63 0 7.692 24	10 65 0 -28.571 69	15 63 0 50 12	18 59 0 20 19	3 61 0 -83.333 71	
63	Indonesia	19 61 0	9 70 0 -52.632 76	7 69 0 -22.222 62	13 63 0 85.714 6	9 71 0 -30.769 74	8 69 0 -11.111 65	3 61 0 -62.5 10	
64	Romania	31 52 0.01	19 56 0 -38.71 71	18 58 0 -5.263 45	10 65 0 -44.444 72	20 57 0.01 100 4	19 57 0 -5 58	3 61 0 -84.211 72	
65	Venezuela	0	10 68 0	19 56 0.01 90 7	3 80 0 -84.211 77	3 81 0 0	5 75 0 66.667 8	3 61 0 -40 2	
66	Pakistan	29 55 0.01	13 61 0 -55.172 77	31 50 0.01 138.462 3	9 68 0 -70.968 75	19 59 0 111.111 3	17 60 0 -10.526 63	3 61 0 -82.353 67	
67	Latvia	8 70 0	11 66 0 37.5 7	4 73 0 -63.636 76	11 64 0 175 2	11 68 0 0	15 63 0 36.364 12	3 61 0 -80 55	
68	North Korea	4 81 0	1 85 0 -75 80	1 86 0 0	0	4 80 0	2 85 0 -50 82	2 68 0 0	
69	Costa rica	23 58 0.01	14 60 0 -39.13 72	4 73 0 -71.429 78	6 70 0 50 9	16 61 0 166.667 2	8 69 0 -50 82	2 68 0 -75 23	
70	Cuba	13 64 0	12 64 0 -7.692 48	4 73 0 -66.667 77	6 70 0 50 9	6 75 0 0	8 69 0 33.333 13	2 68 0 -75 23	
71	Georgia	6 73 0	5 73 0 -16.667 62	2 80 0 -60 75	5 74 0 150 3	5 77 0 0	4 78 0 -20 72	2 68 0 -50 4	
72	Egypt	30 53 0.01	23 54 0.01 -23.333 67	15 62 0 -34.783 69	18 60 0 20 20	15 63 0 -16.667 69	29 53 0.01 93.333 4	2 68 0 -93.103 76	
73	Kuwait	23 58 0.01	23 54 0.01 0	23 54 0.01 0	25 54 0.01 8.696 31	24 56 0.01 -4 60	17 60 0 -29.167 77	1 73 0 -94.118 77	
74	Paraguay	2 83 0	0	0	0	16 61 0	2 85 0 -87.5 86	1 73 0 -50 4	
75	Armenia	8 70 0	2 81 0 -75 80	2 80 0 0	1 84 0 -50 73	2 84 0 100 4	2 85 0 0	1 73 0 -50 4	
76	Bangladesh	5 78 0	2 81 0 -60 78	4 73 0 100 4	1 84 0 -75 76	2 84 0 100 4	2 85 0 0	1 73 0 -50 4	
77	Oman	1 88 0	3 78 0 200 1	2 80 0 -33.333 67	6 70 0 200 1	2 84 0 -66.667 79	3 83 0 50 10	1 73 0 -66.667 12	
78	Azerbaijan	1 88 0	1 85 0 0	2 80 0 100 4	2 83 0 0	3 81 0 50 12	5 75 0 66.667 8	1 73 0 -80 55	
79	Iraq	5 78 0	0	1 86 0	0	1 87 0	4 78 0 300 1	0	
80	Uzbekistan	2 83 0	3 78 0 50 5	3 78 0 0	3 80 0 0	0	4 78 0	0	
81	Tunisia	11 68 0	2 81 0 -81.818 82	5 71 0 150 2	5 74 0 0	6 75 0 20 21	4 78 0 -33.333 78	0	
82	Syria	2 83 0	1 85 0 -50 73	2 80 0 100 4	1 84 0 -50 73	0	1 91 0	0	
83	Afghanistan	1 88 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	
84	Nigeria	6 73 0	3 78 0 -50 73	0	5 74 0	5 77 0 0	7 73 0 40 11	0	
85	Morocco	4 81 0	5 73 0 25 13	4 73 0 -20 60	6 70 0 50 9	12 67 0 100 4	10 68 0 -16.667 69	0	
86	Algeria	2 83 0	2 81 0 0	0	1 84 0	0	4 78 0	0	
87	Kazakhstan	6 73 0	8 72 0 33.333 9	5 71 0 -37.5 71	4 79 0 -20 66	13 66 0 225 1	8 69 0 -38.462 81	0	
88	Jamaica	6 73 0	5 73 0 -16.667 62	8 68 0 60 9	5 74 0 -37.5 70	3 81 0 -40 76	6 74 0 100 2	0	
89	Yemen	1 88 0	0	0	1 84 0	0	0	0	
90	Belarus	10 69 0	12 64 0 20 14	9 67 0 -25 65	9 68 0 0	8 73 0 -11.111 66	5 75 0 -37.5 80	0	
91	Angola			2 80 0	5 74 0 150 3	9 71 0 80 9	11 66 0 22.222 18	0	
92	Bosnia	2 83 0	1 85 0 -50 73	0	0	1 87 0	2 85 0 100 2	0	
93	Bahrain	5 78 0	5 73 0 0	3 78 0 -40 72	3 80 0 0	5 77 0 66.667 10	2 85 0 -60 84	0	
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