REPORT TOOLBOX
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Indicator : Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles (Patents per 100 articles)
Description : Ratio of nanotechnology patents granted or published in USPTO and EPO per 100 ISI nano-articles published in the same year.
Source : Web of Science (ISI Web of Knowledge)
CHART TYPE Disabled in table mode
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Ratio of nanotechnology patents to nano-articles (Patents per 100 articles)

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
1 Angola Angola 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 200.00
2 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 0.00 40.00 275.00 166.67 140.00 60.00 325.00 166.67 325.00 75.00 233.33 275.00 75.00 250.00 120.00 18.18 220.00 0.00 300.00 200.00
3 USA USA 23.98 41.10 48.39 48.38 43.29 44.15 41.38 41.54 40.25 44.26 40.85 41.78 42.17 46.87 43.86 43.40 42.94 41.84 44.99 45.68 49.00 52.03
4 Luxembourg Luxembourg 100.00 0.00 0.00 266.67 71.43 100.00 120.00 0.00 56.25 18.18 25.00 29.63 28.36 35.85 45.28 32.58 58.54 52.08 45.95 42.11 41.41 50.89
5 Taiwan Taiwan 7.04 15.02 12.55 16.68 20.12 23.05 26.28 22.77 29.40 31.45 29.12 36.89 33.55 37.96 39.06 36.11 33.44 32.85 36.83 32.57 31.83 41.04
6 Japan Japan 11.09 14.64 16.33 17.29 17.97 18.95 18.47 18.07 21.82 26.67 23.34 27.75 25.90 28.76 30.29 27.53 25.61 26.65 27.74 26.24 26.86 30.86
7 South Korea South Korea 5.54 10.30 9.84 13.35 19.86 18.06 21.42 19.16 19.21 25.01 22.12 21.52 22.78 25.20 26.94 29.11 29.18 24.13 25.34 25.60 24.53 26.48
8 Paraguay Paraguay 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00
9 Switzerland Switzerland 6.63 11.03 14.99 13.55 15.92 13.56 17.22 19,600.00 16.01 17.52 14.75 13.66 14.57 20.76 16.07 16.56 18.42 18.87 18.51 17.66 20.68 21.90
10 Finland Finland 3.80 5.39 4.98 10.14 8.03 6.94 7.71 6.29 9.40 9.16 7.11 11.24 12.83 13.11 11.18 19.16 19.31 14.89 16.82 17.12 16.74 17.04
11 Netherlands Netherlands 4.55 7.72 11.76 12.78 16.24 16.78 17.20 23.72 22.33 27.16 22.25 22.88 18.93 21.59 23.94 17.22 18.29 18.09 17.60 18.22 19.30 16.98
12 France France 10.28 11.05 13.65 13.73 10.68 10.85 10.78 10.61 10.82 13.12 13.70 11.25 13.13 15.69 15.06 13.43 13.85 15.71 14.35 13.06 13.16 15.32
13 Ireland Ireland 8.33 8.82 19.05 8.74 14.36 13.43 9.45 16.91 14.19 10.14 8.81 9.04 6.76 11.60 10.14 7.61 8.09 7.70 8.92 12.17 14.42 14.72
14 Germany Germany 6.22 10.84 14.80 16.33 13.66 15.61 13.71 13.88 14.68 16.68 15.28 14.64 13.93 15.35 14.45 13.30 14.51 13.66 14.28 12.74 12.44 13.75
15 Belgium Belgium 4.98 8.54 11.90 12.90 13.73 11.57 10.41 10.35 14.25 13.36 13.88 14.26 11.82 13.39 12.44 10.13 12.93 15.37 14.23 11.18 15.38 12.73
World World 10.88 17.41 20.25 20.37 18.76 19.20 17.77 16.94 16.82 18.90 16.75 16.65 15.89 16.85 16.00 15.38 14.47 13.61 13.37 13.06 12.79 12.37
16 Canada Canada 9.27 13.59 16.27 14.70 11.16 13.12 7.50 10.29 8.88 10.51 11.36 9.67 9.15 9.94 10.07 9.95 9.11 9.29 10.28 10.11 10.91 10.87
17 UK UK 3.09 6.20 5.89 8.78 7.09 6.64 5.44 5.10 6.26 8.13 8.73 7.82 7.71 9.03 8.28 7.71 8.30 8.11 8.98 8.53 8.58 8.98
18 Sweden Sweden 4.58 6.09 7.87 7.10 8.00 8.50 6.18 7.78 9.74 10.03 10,500.00 9.79 9.36 11.43 9.42 7.78 7.93 7.11 7.48 6.47 7.23 8.50
19 Denmark Denmark 1.95 8.74 6.60 9.05 10.17 6.62 9.56 11.23 11.11 8.97 8.29 7.94 8.79 5.89 7.20 6.75 5.68 7.01 7.77 6.35 6.36 7.85
20 Austria Austria 4.00 7.14 3.62 7.89 5.60 8.88 9.93 7.30 7.87 8.41 6.62 8.75 7.63 8.73 7.83 6.46 6.60 8.29 11.72 13.12 12.19 7.73
21 Norway Norway 2.56 5.13 14.55 2.53 7.48 5.83 8.81 7.06 5.50 8.96 8.27 10.37 6.92 7.19 7.30 10.38 5.79 8.44 9.21 8.98 5.67 7.43
22 Singapore Singapore 1.32 5.76 6.92 3.17 4.60 5.45 5.50 5.43 5.29 5.68 6.16 5.24 7.21 5.59 7.35 7.39 6.60 7.41 8.23 6.51 6.28 6.98
23 Uruguay Uruguay 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.38 0.00 0.00 2.94 6.45 5.88 0.00 0.00 2.78 1.64 0.00 1.45 0.00 0.00 5.88
24 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 0.00 16.67 28.57 6.25 0.00 21.05 9.68 2.38 3.01 3.74 4.28 5.82 6.10 5.38 5.38 4.90 8.83 9.93 9.82 7.15 6.42 5.10
25 New Zealand New Zealand 3.64 5.66 6.98 5.97 7.32 5.26 4.42 5.65 3.47 3.21 3.64 4.67 3.96 4.31 5.14 4.85 5.76 2.86 3.20 5.81 2.39 4.84
26 Estonia Estonia 0.00 4.35 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.44 2.38 0.00 4.55 2.70 2.78 7.00 3.28 2.14 3.62 4.03 5.30 0.67 0.65 5.29 4.66
27 Cyprus Cyprus 0.00 25.00 50.00 50.00 16.67 16.67 5.00 2.56 7.14 15.91 8.33 10.20 1.37 3.85 6.90 7.02 4.69 11.69 8.82 3.19 0.90 4.39
28 Qatar Qatar 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.42 0.91 1.20 3.45 2.94 2.12 3.47 4.17
29 Slovenia Slovenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.74 1.14 0.00 1.39 1.24 1.07 0.49 3.29 2.68 1.69 5.12 4.01 1.56 4.52 3.99 1.56 3.68 2.27 4.13
30 Italy Italy 3.18 3.57 3.84 4.99 4.73 5.20 4.75 5.25 4.35 5.68 5.40 4.67 4.35 4.82 4.43 4.05 4.23 4.36 4.72 4.91 4.20 4.12
31 Costa rica Costa rica 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 33.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 20.00 18.18 18.18 8.33 0.00 17.39 8.11 11.43 4.00
32 Spain Spain 0.60 2.08 1.95 1.35 2.41 2.34 2.80 2.24 2.19 2.77 2.87 3.37 3.57 3.74 3.05 3.50 3.49 4.08 3.46 3.88 3.87
33 Chile Chile 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.13 0.94 1.64 1.29 1.85 0.91 1.69 4.04 3.73 1.84 1.95 2.31 3.40 2.35 3.38 3.83
34 UAE UAE 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.25 3.19 5.77 3.85 3.98 2.46 1.66 2.24 2.50 2.44 3.20 2.85
35 Australia Australia 3.46 3.78 5.30 12.50 5.91 8.16 6.01 5.07 4.93 5.74 4.71 2.75 2.69 2.42 2.28 2.49 2.67 2.65 2.59 2.56 2.84 2.85
36 China China 0.15 0.44 0.71 1.06 0.89 1.31 1.04 1.24 1.89 2.10 2.04 2.47 2.64 2.24 2.25 2.25 2.40 2.43 2.36 2.61 2.94 2.84
37 Greece Greece 0.00 0.64 0.00 0.00 1.10 1.26 0.00 0.61 1.57 0.98 2.01 1.36 2.31 1.08 0.75 0.97 0.95 0.51 0.97 1.00 2.05 2.71
38 Philippines Philippines 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.33 0.00 12.50 12.50 5.88 8.33 5.88 0.00 0.00 5.88 6.98 1.14 4.82 4.39 5.38 0.00 2.50
39 Lithuania Lithuania 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.64 1.12 0.00 0.00 1.02 1.00 0.74 2.90 0.72 5.39 3.43 3.95 5.18 2.48 0.90 1.91 2.87 2.30
40 Lebanon Lebanon 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.70 0.00 0.00 0.60 0.66 2.21
41 Portugal Portugal 0.00 0.81 0.00 1.07 1.06 0.29 0.00 1.36 1.07 1.73 2.50 1.74 1.74 1.16 1.34 2.04 1.34 1.58 1.76 1.58 2.11 2.13
42 Cuba Cuba 0.00 0.00 4.76 0.00 4.65 0.00 0.00 9.52 9.76 3.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.76 4.26 6.00 3.17 0.00 0.00 7.69 5.36 2.08
43 Colombia Colombia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.22 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.66 1.45 2.34 2.96 3.54 1.92 1.68 1.96 1.34 1.86 1.87
44 Poland Poland 0.00 0.18 0.00 0.90 0.47 0.53 0.40 0.17 0.78 0.32 0.61 1.29 0.87 1.08 2.00 2.13 2.02 1.55 1.61 1.29 1.37 1.53
45 Argentina Argentina 1.09 0.00 0.94 0.00 0.67 0.00 0.48 0.40 0.63 0.72 1.07 0.71 0.90 0.61 1.10 0.51 1.22 0.41 0.82 0.66 1.74 1.24
46 Czech Republic Czech Republic 0.72 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.05 0.29 0.82 2.48 1.60 2.96 1.71 2.23 1.88 3.43 2.09 2.19 1.60 2.34 1.83 1.39 2.14 1.24
47 Slovakia Slovakia 0.00 0.00 3.57 1.75 2.08 0.79 0.64 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.38 0.49 0.29 0.51 0.90 0.64 1.22
48 Latvia Latvia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.22 0.00 3.39 1.32 1.45 0.00 6.42 6.32 3.96 0.90 2.22 0.82 2.86 1.16
49 Brazil Brazil 0.00 0.40 0.67 1.30 0.97 0.82 0.95 1.74 2.06 1.24 1.69 1.41 1.59 1.93 1.65 1.16 1.30 1.26 1.32 0.83 1.08 1.09
50 Hungary Hungary 0.00 1.20 0.48 0.83 0.36 1.13 2.21 1.82 1.98 3.64 3.60 2.44 2.15 3.02 2.06 2.38 1.03 0.79 0.79 0.52 0.62 1.04
51 Kuwait Kuwait 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.33 0.00 5.26 9.52 0.00 0.00 2.56 1.89 8.75 3.13 0.47 0.52 1.40 0.95
52 Turkey Turkey 0.00 1.09 0.75 0.00 0.00 2.49 1.55 1.98 0.53 0.67 0.80 1.46 1.43 0.90 1.27 2.13 1.44 2.17 1.22 1.37 1.00 0.88
53 Bulgaria Bulgaria 0.00 1.28 0.00 0.00 1.74 0.87 0.53 0.56 0.47 0.00 0.46 0.52 0.43 0.00 0.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.41 0.00 1.11 0.69
54 Mexico Mexico 0.00 1.65 1.40 0.00 0.29 0.87 1.02 1.71 1.43 2.47 0.66 2.01 2.67 3.15 2.79 2.12 2.45 1.62 0.76 1.35 0.53 0.69
55 India India 1.20 2.64 1.77 2.92 2.81 1.80 2.13 1.49 1.21 1.25 1.30 1.60 1.45 1.36 1.62 1.45 1.17 1.00 0.86 0.74 0.69 0.69
56 South Africa South Africa 11.54 16.00 15.38 7.02 8.14 6.80 2.59 3.82 0.98 5.32 4.67 3.09 3.89 3.27 2.33 1.74 1.61 1.39 0.99 1.27 1.13 0.62
57 Serbia Serbia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.29 0.00 0.00 0.52
58 Ukraine Ukraine 0.00 1.69 0.68 2.01 0.25 0.00 0.66 1.90 0.20 1.06 1.19 0.49 1.00 0.26 0.14 0.55 0.49 0.29 0.20 0.64 0.78 0.49
59 Russia Russia 0.39 0.96 1.21 1.10 0.71 1.60 0.94 1.25 1.18 1.20 1.07 0.97 1.02 1.20 0.71 0.95 0.63 0.29 0.26 0.39 0.49 0.43
60 Jordan Jordan 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.27 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.67 1.10 0.00 0.76 2.56 0.51 0.00 0.27 0.38
61 Croatia Croatia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.32 0.00 0.00 2.17 0.00 0.00 0.74 0.68 0.00 0.00 1.09 0.46 0.43 0.00 0.37
62 Thailand Thailand 0.00 9.09 3.13 7.84 2.25 2.72 0.50 0.93 0.86 1.26 0.46 0.60 0.53 0.95 0.61 0.26 0.31 0.56 0.44 0.61 0.45 0.37
63 Romania Romania 1.00 0.00 1.23 0.49 0.43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.59 0.29 0.86 0.65 0.55 1.09 1.50 1.47 0.96 0.65 0.64 0.63 0.40 0.31
64 Iran Iran 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.57 0.00 0.36 1.07 0.96 0.56 0.95 0.86 0.85 0.42 0.38 0.54 0.47 0.40 0.58 0.35 0.46 0.46 0.29
65 Vietnam Vietnam 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.26 4.65 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.33 0.00 2.29 0.71 0.34 1.90 0.44 0.00 0.38 0.37 0.25 0.42 0.26
66 Nigeria Nigeria 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.25
67 Morocco Morocco 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.27 1.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.01 1.65 1.36 0.26 0.40 0.32 0.14
68 Egypt Egypt 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.99 0.00 1.88 0.00 0.33 0.27 0.42 0.76 0.70 0.54 1.45 0.46 0.26 0.33 0.16 0.16 0.06 0.14
69 Malaysia Malaysia 0.00 30.43 2.94 5.36 9.62 11.58 12.00 1.94 0.99 0.78 0.76 1.19 0.75 0.81 0.75 1.02 0.35 0.64 0.35 0.41 0.19 0.13
70 Tunisia Tunisia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.35 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.11
71 Indonesia Indonesia 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 14.29 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.85 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10
72 Pakistan Pakistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.09 1.67 0.00 1.30 0.59 0.43 0.64 0.22 0.32 0.45 0.10 0.24 0.13 0.06 0.02
73 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 0.00 0.00 0.00 25.00 0.00 14.29 0.00 5.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.79 5.00 1.67 2.15 0.58 0.48 1.50 0.00 0.27 0.00
74 Yemen Yemen 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 66.67 0.00 5.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
75 North Korea North Korea 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 12.50 16.67 0.00 9.09 2.56 0.00 2.38 0.00
76 Venezuela Venezuela 5.88 33.33 12.90 5.00 6.67 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.67 2.63 1.85 1.96 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.13 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
77 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
78 Syria Syria 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
79 Oman Oman 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.84 0.00
80 Panama Panama 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 50.00 0.00 100.00 50.00 100.00 0.00 83.33 0.00 0.00 0.00 11.11 0.00
81 Peru Peru 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.54 1.41 0.83 0.00
82 Afghanistan Afghanistan 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
83 Armenia Armenia 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.50 0.00 1.45