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Indicator : Published patent applications in EPO (Patent)
Description : The indicator shows the number of patents applications published (but not yet granted) in EPO. 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 EPO (Patent)
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1 USA USA 37,205 42,716 41,274 12,869 14,709 15,650 13,442 15,347 47,599
2 Germany Germany 22,857 22,442 22,132 11,146 12,096 12,423 11,732 11,727 22,607
3 Japan Japan 21,564 20,823 21,191 20,619 21,569 21,577 20,707 20,221 21,167
4 China China 5,536 6,302 8,521 7,396 9,549 12,021 15,946 19,129 20,450
5 South Korea South Korea 6,206 6,854 6,566 6,198 6,595 7,998 8,664 10,842 12,868
6 France France 9,950 10,107 10,121 3,724 3,923 4,001 3,759 3,876 9,972
7 Switzerland Switzerland 5,680 5,875 6,023 2,706 2,865 3,168 3,016 3,186 7,729
8 UK UK 4,627 5,085 4,993 1,459 1,799 2,108 1,558 1,803 5,957
9 Italy Italy 3,643 3,978 4,158 1,891 1,921 2,050 2,261 2,289 4,688
10 Sweden Sweden 3,908 3,373 3,548 1,016 1,180 1,381 1,533 1,679 4,638
11 Netherlands Netherlands 4,295 4,609 4,785 1,522 2,140 2,251 1,981 2,107 4,343
12 Finland Finland 2,016 1,923 1,632 700 774 782 876 888 2,636
13 Canada Canada 1,666 1,742 1,550 439 577 668 662 759 2,142
14 Austria Austria 1,823 1,894 1,980 928 1,102 1,129 1,166 1,149 2,027
15 Belgium Belgium 1,530 1,631 1,702 838 870 942 877 915 2,026
16 Denmark Denmark 1,384 1,429 1,500 579 669 798 801 833 1,933
17 Spain Spain 1,380 1,322 1,372 1,104 1,181 1,230 1,248 1,355 1,750
18 Taiwan Taiwan 1,175 1,377 1,525 1,348 1,517 1,326 1,349 1,412 1,489
19 Singapore Singapore 397 439 443 158 181 199 311 394 1,060
20 Ireland Ireland 468 508 516 232 307 395 391 445 1,027
21 Australia Australia 796 817 838 115 135 146 140 174 952
22 India India 533 655 706 288 281 266 377 354 844
23 Norway Norway 520 481 495 136 151 146 163 167 648
24 Turkey Turkey 415 438 525 273 450 155 199 130 585
25 Poland Poland 390 455 460 197 265 269 273 360 556
26 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 333 322 392 162 213 238 224 261 383
27 Luxembourg Luxembourg 373 398 513 177 136 161 150 137 335
28 Portugal Portugal 122 158 144 86 108 136 101 176 278
29 Czech Republic Czech Republic 198 193 216 98 108 119 97 101 247
30 New Zealand New Zealand 196 196 222 46 36 65 68 94 247
31 Brazil Brazil 202 183 234 109 140 133 158 165 197
32 Greece Greece 81 80 82 42 47 48 94 110 143
33 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 185 261 173 18 33 31 26 14 140
34 Russia Russia 241 200 221 182 202 244 199 135 139
35 Slovenia Slovenia 114 123 98 58 50 56 73 62 133
36 Hungary Hungary 94 100 102 26 32 37 28 30 118
37 Lithuania Lithuania 31 33 28 10 9 13 40 45 99
38 Thailand Thailand 20 23 66 37 36 32 58 47 99
39 UAE UAE 29 62 39 15 8 3 24 31 85
40 South Africa South Africa 105 96 130 10 15 9 7 5 79
41 Slovakia Slovakia 38 36 46 25 23 27 21 28 63
42 Cyprus Cyprus 42 39 50 22 21 20 19 17 56
43 Malaysia Malaysia 65 47 41 7 7 12 12 11 51
44 Chile Chile 29 42 36 32 48 30 35 31 48
45 Romania Romania 33 32 18 10 22 28 23 30 48
46 Mexico Mexico 61 63 68 36 44 45 29 44 47
47 Estonia Estonia 34 33 35 21 17 19 27 25 45
48 Croatia Croatia 12 12 14 3 2 6 7 18 42
49 Iceland Iceland 41 39 43 3 8 7 5 6 39
50 Latvia Latvia 61 15 21 10 9 15 15 3 36
51 Bulgaria Bulgaria 30 32 26 10 17 16 20 22 33
52 Argentina Argentina 18 23 22 15 11 12 14 8 27
53 Ukraine Ukraine 18 11 23 13 11 13 18 9 22
54 Colombia Colombia 19 13 21 12 12 12 15 11 12
55 Cuba Cuba 9 6 2 3 7 8 8 14 12
56 Serbia Serbia 9 3 5 1 3 4 2 4 12
57 Egypt Egypt 7 5 1 6 2 0 7 6 10
58 Uruguay Uruguay 9 4 8 10 2 2 4 6 8
59 Morocco Morocco 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 7
60 Vietnam Vietnam 4 1 3 0 3 2 1 2 6
61 Iran Iran 3 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 5
62 Tunisia Tunisia 4 3 2 2 1 0 2 1 5
63 Bosnia Bosnia 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 4
64 Panama Panama 6 6 6 1 3 2 4 0 4
65 Armenia Armenia 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 3
66 Costa rica Costa rica 4 1 4 0 3 1 8 1 3
67 Jordan Jordan 3 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
68 Lebanon Lebanon 4 3 8 3 5 4 2 0 3
69 Philippines Philippines 21 7 4 1 0 0 1 4 3
70 Qatar Qatar 17 8 11 3 4 2 2 2 3
71 Algeria Algeria 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
72 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 2
73 Belarus Belarus 4 3 3 6 2 4 8 2 2
74 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 8 4 5 6 2 0 2 1 2
75 Nigeria Nigeria 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
76 Pakistan Pakistan 3 0 1 1 4 1 0 3 2
77 Paraguay Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
78 Peru Peru 1 5 2 3 2 6 1 2 2
79 Georgia Georgia 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 1
80 Iraq Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
81 Kuwait Kuwait 3 3 5 0 1 5 1 1 1
82 Oman Oman 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 1
83 Angola Angola 2 3 5 5 3 0
84 Bahrain Bahrain 2 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 0
85 Bangladesh Bangladesh 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
86 Indonesia Indonesia 9 7 2 1 0 2 0 1 0
87 Jamaica Jamaica 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
88 North Korea North Korea 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
89 Syria Syria 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
90 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0
91 Venezuela Venezuela 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
World World 141,529 148,804 150,948 82,238 88,648 94,938 94,922 103,026 184,706
Published patent applications in EPO (Patent)