Nanotechnology patents in German patent office (DPMA) - (Old method) (Patent)
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |||
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World | 406 | 383 | 450 | 379 | 456 | 515 | 542 | 491 | | |
1 | Germany | 321 | 310 | 342 | 290 | 358 | 372 | 409 | 344 | |
2 | USA | 30 | 35 | 53 | 41 | 43 | 47 | 56 | 66 | |
3 | Japan | 20 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 38 | 49 | 36 | |
4 | Taiwan | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 | |
5 | Austria | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 9 | |
6 | South Korea | 10 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 7 | |
7 | Switzerland | 6 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | |
8 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
9 | China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
10 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
11 | France | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
12 | UK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
14 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
16 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
18 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
19 | Singapore | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
20 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
21 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
23 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
24 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
25 | Canada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
26 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
27 | India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
28 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
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