Total patents in EPO (Patent)
2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2024 [June]
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1 | USA | 35,174 | 34,737 | 27,932 | 20,492 | 25,719 | 13,057 | |
2 | Germany | 22,137 | 20,826 | 17,133 | 13,260 | 15,718 | 7,807 | |
3 | Japan | 22,694 | 20,447 | 15,548 | 11,166 | 13,658 | 6,748 | |
4 | China | 6,336 | 7,021 | 6,970 | 5,969 | 9,106 | 4,390 | |
5 | France | 9,059 | 8,624 | 6,976 | 5,621 | 6,738 | 3,425 | |
6 | South Korea | 7,381 | 7,098 | 5,892 | 4,438 | 5,627 | 2,949 | |
7 | Switzerland | 5,106 | 5,207 | 4,168 | 3,173 | 4,338 | 2,295 | |
8 | UK | 4,396 | 4,189 | 3,459 | 2,603 | 3,395 | 1,859 | |
9 | Italy | 3,831 | 3,946 | 3,257 | 2,736 | 3,431 | 1,800 | |
10 | Netherlands | 4,621 | 4,092 | 3,094 | 2,409 | 2,936 | 1,488 | |
11 | Sweden | 3,897 | 3,613 | 2,945 | 2,258 | 2,903 | 1,351 | |
12 | Austria | 1,736 | 1,818 | 1,374 | 1,213 | 1,565 | 796 | |
13 | Belgium | 1,468 | 1,444 | 1,229 | 991 | 1,233 | 660 | |
14 | Denmark | 1,339 | 1,334 | 1,172 | 820 | 1,242 | 626 | |
15 | Finland | 1,640 | 1,577 | 1,240 | 879 | 1,210 | 586 | |
16 | Canada | 1,745 | 1,474 | 1,168 | 758 | 1,059 | 502 | |
17 | Spain | 974 | 949 | 833 | 617 | 946 | 438 | |
18 | Taiwan | 1,031 | 1,155 | 977 | 671 | 827 | 436 | |
19 | Ireland | 554 | 578 | 530 | 405 | 624 | 406 | |
20 | Australia | 638 | 595 | 475 | 341 | 504 | 265 | |
21 | India | 403 | 412 | 335 | 230 | 333 | 204 | |
22 | Singapore | 446 | 441 | 329 | 255 | 390 | 202 | |
23 | Norway | 454 | 475 | 423 | 324 | 420 | 201 | |
24 | Turkey | 374 | 381 | 259 | 237 | 360 | 170 | |
25 | Liechtenstein | 234 | 205 | 204 | 173 | 203 | 132 | |
26 | Poland | 242 | 283 | 242 | 201 | 265 | 122 | |
27 | Luxembourg | 409 | 386 | 310 | 219 | 237 | 107 | |
28 | Portugal | 115 | 123 | 121 | 74 | 146 | 84 | |
29 | Czech Republic | 175 | 165 | 149 | 95 | 146 | 76 | |
30 | New Zealand | 138 | 172 | 136 | 84 | 136 | 68 | |
31 | Russia | 135 | 141 | 110 | 69 | 107 | 55 | |
32 | Brazil | 154 | 123 | 82 | 65 | 97 | 53 | |
33 | Slovenia | 80 | 96 | 80 | 49 | 59 | 49 | |
34 | Saudi Arabia | 192 | 188 | 193 | 159 | 126 | 36 | |
35 | Greece | 56 | 92 | 69 | 61 | 69 | 34 | |
36 | UAE | 30 | 37 | 35 | 24 | 23 | 29 | |
37 | Hungary | 78 | 81 | 54 | 57 | 64 | 28 | |
38 | South Africa | 76 | 86 | 53 | 39 | 55 | 26 | |
39 | Iceland | 32 | 30 | 40 | 16 | 37 | 24 | |
40 | Mexico | 63 | 61 | 49 | 26 | 47 | 23 | |
41 | Estonia | 16 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 18 | |
42 | Thailand | 43 | 49 | 37 | 28 | 33 | 16 | |
43 | Lithuania | 25 | 21 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 15 | |
44 | Slovakia | 34 | 18 | 36 | 18 | 27 | 14 | |
45 | Malaysia | 38 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 13 | |
46 | Bulgaria | 18 | 19 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 12 | |
47 | Romania | 16 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 9 | |
48 | Chile | 17 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 8 | |
49 | Cyprus | 26 | 32 | 27 | 21 | 27 | 8 | |
50 | Latvia | 6 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 6 | |
51 | Argentina | 21 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 5 | |
52 | Costa rica | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |
53 | Morocco | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
54 | Ukraine | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 4 | |
55 | Uruguay | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |
56 | Belarus | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
57 | Serbia | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | |
58 | Colombia | 13 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | |
59 | Croatia | 14 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | |
60 | Iran | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
61 | Lebanon | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
62 | Panama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
63 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
64 | Vietnam | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
65 | Armenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
66 | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
67 | Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
68 | Angola | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | | ||
69 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
70 | Bahrain | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
71 | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
72 | Bosnia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
73 | Cuba | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
74 | Egypt | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
75 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
76 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
77 | Jamaica | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
78 | Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
79 | Kuwait | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
80 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
81 | North Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
82 | Oman | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
83 | Pakistan | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
84 | Paraguay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
85 | Peru | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
86 | Philippines | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
87 | Qatar | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
88 | Syria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
89 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
90 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
World | 139,386 | 135,184 | 110,090 | 83,661 | 106,358 | 54,348 | | |
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