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Data Source | World Development Indicators | Unnamed: 2 | Unnamed: 3 | Unnamed: 4 | Unnamed: 5 | Unnamed: 6 | Unnamed: 7 | Unnamed: 8 | Unnamed: 9 | Unnamed: 10 | Unnamed: 11 | Unnamed: 12 | Unnamed: 13 | Unnamed: 14 | Unnamed: 15 | Unnamed: 16 | Unnamed: 17 | Unnamed: 18 | Unnamed: 19 | Unnamed: 20 | Unnamed: 21 | Unnamed: 22 | Unnamed: 23 | Unnamed: 24 | Unnamed: 25 | Unnamed: 26 | Unnamed: 27 | Unnamed: 28 | Unnamed: 29 | Unnamed: 30 | Unnamed: 31 | Unnamed: 32 | Unnamed: 33 | Unnamed: 34 | Unnamed: 35 | Unnamed: 36 | Unnamed: 37 | Unnamed: 38 | Unnamed: 39 | Unnamed: 40 | Unnamed: 41 | Unnamed: 42 | Unnamed: 43 | Unnamed: 44 | Unnamed: 45 | Unnamed: 46 | Unnamed: 47 | Unnamed: 48 | Unnamed: 49 | Unnamed: 50 | Unnamed: 51 | Unnamed: 52 | Unnamed: 53 | Unnamed: 54 | Unnamed: 55 | Unnamed: 56 | Unnamed: 57
Country Name | Country Code | Indicator Name | Indicator Code | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013
Aruba | ABW | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Andorra | AND | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Afghanistan | AFG | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Angola | AGO | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
Albania | ALB | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Arab World | ARB | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  | 176 | 180 |  | 170 | 160 | 175 | 189 | 214 | 209 | 142 |  |  | 149 | 165 | 162 | 171 |  | 193 |  |  |  |  |  | 549 |  |  |  | 702 | 703 | 795 | 902 |  | 777 | 809 | 1124 | 831 | 991 | 874 | 932 | 982 |  | 1027
United Arab Emirates | ARE | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Argentina | ARG | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1830 | 1982 | 1081 | 1824 | 1756 | 1686 | 1616 | 1715 | 1704 | 1574 | 1314 | 1269 | 954 | 951 | 1102 | 1182 |  |  |  |  |  | 955 | 943 | 503 | 787 | 694 | 676 | 1097 | 824 | 861 | 899 | 1062 | 691 | 718 | 792 | 786 | 1054 | 1020 | 937 | 801 |  |  |  | 735
Armenia | ARM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 184 | 154 | 187 | 162 | 62 | 75 | 109 | 119 | 140 | 200 | 151 |  | 206 | 192 | 135 | 226 | 116 | 136 | 121 | 137
American Samoa | ASM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
[NAME] and [NAME] | ATG | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Australia | AUS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 3978 | 3972 | 4123 | 4445 | 4058 | 4201 | 4070 | 3984 | 4391 | 4606 | 4651 | 4300 | 4311 | 4320 | 4364 | 4558 | 4744 | 6582 | 6341 | 6603 | 6930 | 7170 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1784 | 1797 | 1760 | 1862 | 1858 | 1928 | 2187 | 2364 | 2418 | 2559 | 2555 | 2837 | 2718 | 2821 | 2494 | 2409 | 2383 | 2627
Austria | AUT | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 2586 | 2623 | 2714 | 2547 | 2593 | 2486 | 2422 | 2267 | 2252 | 2373 | 2280 | 2365 | 2525 | 2551 | 2385 | 2303 | 2446 | 2327 | 2390 | 2233 | 2345 | 2324 | 2269 | 2210 | 2249 | 2212 | 2105 | 2025 | 2076 | 2117 | 2190 | 1989 | 1728 | 1909 | 1910 | 1957 | 2028 | 1961 | 1815 | 1932 | 2120 | 2248 | 2270 | 2271 | 2385 | 2298 | 2263 | 2424 | 2154 | 2258
Azerbaijan | AZE | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 221 | 165 |  |  |  |  | 203 | 234 | 246 | 270 | 281 | 246 | 287 | 226 | 264 | 254 | 193 | 144
Burundi | BDI | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Belgium | BEL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  | 1766 | 1671 | 1607 | 1466 | 1456 | 1339 | 1359 | 1342 | 1242 | 1109 | 1060 | 1038 | 1073 | 1000 | 853 | 865 | 806 | 914 | 805 | 869 | 771 | 794 | 548 | 636 | 681 | 643 | 625 | 675 | 809 | 744 | 732 | 776 | 792 | 690 | 591 | 577 | 571 | 601 | 519 | 514 | 517 | 490 | 454 | 575 | 669 | 620 | 636 | 755
Benin | [NAME] | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
[NAME] | BFA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 4 | 2 |  |  | 1 | 2 | 1 |  |  |  |  | 2
Bangladesh | BGD | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19 |  | 30 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 39 | 40 | 40 | 62 | 40 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 72 | 36 | 39 | 70 |  |  | 32 | 49 | 70 | 59 | 43 | 58 | 48 | 50 | 22 | 29 | 60 | 55 | 66 | 37 | 67
Bulgaria | BGR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 788 | 947 | 1029 | 1084 | 1169 | 1435 | 1365 | 1908 | 2014 | 2071 | 2168 | 2336 | 2481 | 2371 | 2559 | 2949 | 3431 | 3297 | 3673 | 3628 | 3811 | 3843 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 63 | 198 | 422 | 329 | 412 | 319 | 368 | 316 | 394 | 274 | 282 | 231 | 283 | 289 | 278 | 263 | 261 | 243 | 211 | 249 | 242 | 243 | 262 | 245
Bahrain | BHR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 3
Bahamas, The | BHS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 |  | 2 | 3 |  | 3 | 3 | 1 |  | 4 |  | 2 | 1 | 2
Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23 | 31 | 52 |  | 32 | 50 | 66 | 55 |  | 59 |  | 56 | 43 | 2
Belarus | BLR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 828 | 683 | 624 | 698 | 752 | 910 | 993 | 994 | 930 | 895 | 1082 | 1065 | 1166 | 1188 | 1405 | 1510 | 1753 | 1759 | 1725 | 1681
Belize | BLZ | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Bermuda | BMU | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Bolivia | BOL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20 | 20 | 21 | 32 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 26 | 28 | 17
Brazil | BRA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  | 10003 | 2360 | 2824 | 2763 |  | 3839 | 3426 | 2840 | 2495 | 3421 |  |  | 1645 |  | 1958 | 2149 | 2171 | 2116 | 2302 | 2062 | 1954 | 1855 | 2451 | 2338 | 2323 | 2389 | 2319 | 2100 | 2429 | 2269 | 2707 | 2611 | 2756 | 2491 | 2816 | 3179 | 3439 | 3481 | 3866 | 4044 | 4054 | 3956 | 4194 | 4280 | 4271 | 4228 | 4695 | 4804
Barbados | BRB | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 3 | 1
[NAME] | BRN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Bhutan | BTN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Botswana | BWA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Sub-Saharan Africa (IFC classification) | CAA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Central African Republic | CAF | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Canada | CAN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | 1506 | 1310 | 1613 | 1703 | 1715 | 1734 | 1854 | 1655 | 1591 | 1785 | 1814 | 1986 | 1970 | 1942 | 1936 | 1782 | 1854 | 1883 | 1838 | 1796 | 1648 | 2164 | 2000 | 2017 | 2026 | 2092 | 2161 | 2527 | 2772 | 3031 | 2549 | 2182 | 2807 | 3623 | 2480 | 2431 | 2583 | 3344 | 3809 | 4061 | 4187 | 3963 | 3959 | 3929 | 5231 | 5183 | 5522 | 4998 | 5061 | 5067 | 4550 | 4754 | 4709
East Asia and the Pacific (IFC classification) | CEA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Europe and Central Asia (IFC classification) | CEU | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Switzerland | CHE | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | 4874 | 4821 |  | 5108 | 5188 | 5721 | 5581 | 5591 | 5928 | 5850 | 5927 | 6141 | 6139 | 5517 | 5396 | 5834 | 5693 | 5542 | 4555 | 4441 | 4049 | 3712 | 3845 | 3817 | 3393 | 3191 | 3199 | 3298 | 3236 | 3247 | 2987 | 2949 | 3068 | 2999 | 3033 | 2890 | 2504 | 2408 | 2025 | 1916 | 2083 | 1859 | 1827 | 1831 | 1742 | 1643 | 1740 | 1692 | 1594 | 1684 | 1622 | 1597 | 1480
Channel Islands | CHI | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Chile | CHL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 145 |  | 188 | 243 | 201 | 197 | 75 | 166 | 195 | 147 | 184 | 288 | 258 | 230 | 200 | 132 | 148 | 140 | 92 | 96 | 96 | 105 | 122 | 96 | 108 | 111 | 135 | 169 | 151 | 178 | 155 | 219 | 171 | 176 | 161 | 207 | 204 | 241 | 246 | 391 | 329 | 382 | 361 | 291 | 403 | 531 | 343 | 328 | 339 | 336
China | CHN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4065 | 3494 | 3975 |  | 4749 | 5832 | 7372 | 10022 | 12084 | 11191 | 10011 | 11628 | 12672 | 13751 | 15626 | 25346 | 30038 | 39806 | 56769 | 65786 | 93485 | 122318 | 153060 | 194579 | 229096 | 293066 | 415829 | 535313
Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 26
Latin America and the Caribbean (IFC classification) | CLA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Middle East and North Africa (IFC classification) | CME | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Cameroon | CMR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Congo, Rep. | COG | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  | 19
Colombia | COL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 96 | 110 | 117 | 140 | 41 | 136 | 151 | 152 | 1 | 114 | 76 | 50 | 69 | 67 | 69 | 55 | 45 | 43 | 39 |  | 82 | 69 | 72 | 81 | 52 | 85 | 90 |  | 85 | 120 | 138 | 124 | 141 | 87 | 80 | 161 | 68 | 75 | 65 | 54 | 82 | 76 | 99 | 142 | 128 | 126 | 128 | 133 | 183 | 213
Comoros | COM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Cabo Verde | CPV | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Costa Rica | CRI | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17 | 14 | 20 | 40 |  |  | 30 | 38 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 41 | 38 | 16 |  |  | 19 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 25 |  |  | 29 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 14 | 10
South Asia (IFC classification) | CSA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Caribbean small states | CSS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 33
Cuba | CUB | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 8 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 73 | 144 | 105 | 97 | 156 | 110 | 152 | 90 | 119 | 129 | 122 | 183 | 166 | 214 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 | 121 | 104 | 83 | 109 |  | 110 |  |  |  |  |  | 105 | 94 | 74 | 69 | 59 |  | 62 | 38
[NAME] | CUW | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Cayman Islands | CYM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Cyprus | CYP | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 1 |  |  | 2 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 9 | 20 |  | 3 | 11 | 6 | 4 |  | 4
Czech Republic | CZE | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 893 | 756 | 626 | 614 | 579 | 624 | 596 | 555 | 568 | 526 | 625 | 623 | 586 | 641 | 716 | 712 | 789 | 868 | 783 | 867
Germany | DEU | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 36108 | 37861 | 38148 | 36861 | 37102 | 34005 | 33094 | 32772 | 32874 | 33381 | 31909 | 30534 | 30198 | 31065 | 30247 | 30308 | 30879 | 28683 | 29841 | 30668 | 31658 | 31984 | 32202 | 32169 | 31597 | 31912 | 31171 | 30724 | 32256 | 33919 | 34752 | 36715 | 38103 | 42322 | 44438 | 46523 | 50029 | 51736 | 49989 | 47598 | 47818 | 48448 | 48367 | 48012 | 47853 | 49240 | 47859 | 47047 | 46986 | 46620
Djibouti | DJI | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Dominica | DMA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Denmark | DNK | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 1214 | 1163 | 1153 | 1052 | 1016 | 827 | 907 | 815 | 787 | 811 | 792 | 835 | 828 | 821 | 832 | 938 | 895 | 964 | 1085 | 1095 | 1167 | 966 | 856 | 958 | 1007 | 1197 | 1120 | 1218 | 1061 | 1204 | 1159 | 1274 | 1234 | 1309 | 1319 | 1543 | 1656 | 1730 | 1757 | 1815 | 1772 | 1877 | 1658 | 1503 | 1660 | 1634 | 1518 | 1626 | 1574 | 1406
Dominican Republic | DOM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 15 | 9 | 5 | 13 |  |  |  | 5 | 11 |  |  |  |  | 7 | 9 | 10 |  |  |  |  | 25 |  |  | 14 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18
Algeria | DZA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19 | 5 |  | 7 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 30 | 30 |  |  |  | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 50 | 34 | 42 | 36 | 32 | 51 | 43 | 30 | 58 | 59 | 58 | 84 |  |  | 76 | 94 | 119
East Asia & Pacific (developing only) | EAP | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4268 | 3697 | 4252 |  | 5106 | 6202 | 7804 | 10500 | 12695 | 11924 | 10680 | 12406 | 13517 | 14867 | 16941 | 26493 | 31381 | 41381 | 58605 | 67861 | 101666 | 131049 | 162085 | 196836 | 240387 | 304631 | 426815 | 546346
East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) | EAS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 282346 | 298436 | 320956 |  | 330301 | 349059 | 357620 | 364991 | 367163 | 361014 | 406914 | 423193 | 433733 | 426324 | 434136 | 487483 | 492462 | 488094 | 512098 | 546485 | 596990 | 609373 | 629751 | 659106 | 667967 | 731543 | 857554 | 986804
Europe & Central Asia (developing only) | ECA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4579 | 18844 | 12748 | 12162 | 10587 | 11381 | 11546 | 11720 | 11907 | 14534 | 7305 | 8920 | 9466 | 10911 | 10810 | 10364 | 10320 | 11685 | 13079 | 13140 | 11679
Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) | ECS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 91070 | 138969 | 145365 | 133569 | 122401 | 133026 | 126206 | 131491 | 147250 | 155927 | 147866 | 136036 | 138506 | 137212 | 137103 | 140824 | 150196 | 151102 | 148788 | 152872 | 148815 | 149546
Ecuador | ECU | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 33 | 38 | 34 | 26 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 24 |  | 27 | 34 | 23 | 35 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 24 |  | 27 | 21 | 24 | 26 |  | 13 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 |  | 15 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4
Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  | 70 | 74 | 60 | 53 | 86 | 65 | 57 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 54 | 61 | 48 | 58 | 77 | 61 | 76 | 59 | 53 | 88 | 128 | 168 | 142 | 170 | 190 | 186 | 278 | 308 | 301 | 328 | 308 | 408 | 504 |  | 494 | 536 | 534 | 464 | 627 | 493 | 382 | 428 |  | 516 | 481 | 490 | 605 | 618 | 683
Euro area | EMU | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 65680 |  | 68789 | 76397 | 74914 | 72015 | 65761 | 65919 | 66598 | 66641 | 61710 | 59138 | 59009 | 52872 | 52382 | 52279 | 52693 | 56158 | 50907 | 51540 | 52916 | 53993 | 57119 | 54751 | 55031 | 56498 | 53887 | 53313 | 54593 | 64006 | 65838 | 68010 | 61252 | 73616 | 69272 | 71739 | 81996 | 85849 | 75172 | 72908 | 73078 | 74522 | 74655 | 74607 | 84272 | 85960 | 84798 | 84533 | 82508 | 82197
Eritrea | ERI | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Spain | ESP | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  | 4089 | 5500 | 4270 | 3792 | 3392 | 2966 | 2754 | 2488 | 2135 | 2036 | 1903 | 1760 | 1863 | 1804 | 1893 | 1876 | 1718 | 1646 | 1498 | 1784 | 2149 | 1649 | 1720 | 1816 | 2087 | 2218 | 2156 | 2076 | 2165 | 2136 | 2047 | 2274 | 2237 | 2271 | 2439 | 2710 | 2528 | 2763 | 2813 | 2871 | 3040 | 3111 | 3267 | 3632 | 3596 | 3566 | 3430 | 3266
Estonia | EST | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 27 | 23 | 36 | 44 | 62 | 76 | 84 | 62 | 20
Ethiopia | ETH | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 3 |  | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12
European Union | EUU | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 101324 | 95679 | 105635 | 104893 | 115820 | 113863 | 106658 | 105001 | 107682 | 107696 | 101427 | 97691 | 97159 | 93369 | 92227 | 90976 | 91488 | 94505 | 89362 | 90430 | 92679 | 93269 | 93718 | 92162 | 93239 | 96654 | 91768 | 86482 | 86103 | 94136 | 96917 | 98556 | 91924 | 103554 | 98874 | 102479 | 114412 | 119259 | 107808 | 104566 | 103560 | 103752 | 101595 | 100995 | 111075 | 112210 | 110569 | 110555 | 108762 | 108606
Finland | FIN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 686 | 726 | 819 | 872 | 926 | 958 | 888 | 861 | 938 | 942 | 996 | 986 | 1164 | 1270 | 1240 | 1329 | 1384 | 1356 | 1423 | 1638 | 1719 | 1775 | 1727 | 1754 | 1859 | 1981 | 1948 | 2059 | 2123 | 2052 | 2166 | 2306 | 2058 | 2179 | 2355 | 2471 | 2511 | 2579 | 2390 | 2162 | 1972 | 2011 | 1830 | 1816 | 1804 | 1799 | 1806 | 1731 | 1650 | 1698
Fiji | FJI | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 |  | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2
France | FRA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 15825 | 16654 | 17509 | 17467 | 17347 | 17561 | 12974 | 14106 | 14962 | 14807 | 13458 | 12706 | 12110 | 11471 | 11811 | 11445 | 11303 | 11000 | 10945 | 10681 | 11147 | 11333 | 12050 | 12155 | 12695 | 12437 | 12592 | 12378 | 12597 | 12539 | 12638 | 12519 | 12419 | 12916 | 13252 | 13251 | 13592 | 13870 | 13499 | 13519 | 13511 | 14230 | 14327 | 14529 | 14722 | 14658 | 14100 | 14748 | 14655 | 14540
Faeroe Islands | FRO | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Micronesia, Fed. [NAME]. | FSM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Gabon | GAB | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
United Kingdom | GBR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 24300 | 23963 | 24274 | 14206 | 25786 | 26711 | 25904 | 25227 | 24771 | 24337 | 22472 | 20545 | 20842 | 21797 | 21114 | 19384 | 19468 | 19612 | 20808 | 20530 | 19893 | 19093 | 19672 | 20040 | 19945 | 20536 | 19732 | 19310 | 19230 | 18848 | 18727 | 18384 | 18630 | 18184 | 17938 | 19530 | 21333 | 22050 | 21423 | 20624 | 20426 | 19178 | 17833 | 17484 | 17375 | 16523 | 15985 | 15490 | 15343 | 15370
Georgia | GEO | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 365 | 502 | 386 | 287 | 288 | 263 | 277 | 265 | 232 | 254 | 194 | 195 | 249 | 225 | 236 | 248 | 222 | 256 | 183 | 138 | 139
Ghana | GHA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Guinea | GIN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Gambia, The | GMB | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Guinea-Bissau | GNB | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Greece | GRC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | 694 | 679 | 845 | 731 | 845 | 881 | 954 | 1008 | 1317 | 1462 | 1381 | 1406 | 1481 | 1317 | 1426 | 1457 | 1334 | 1288 | 1510 | 1346 | 1265 | 1221 | 1264 | 1191 | 1277 | 1121 | 1249 | 1539 | 205 | 216 | 241 | 188 | 222 | 221 | 267 | 266 | 267 | 293 | 276 | 290 | 306 | 385 | 376 | 393 | 379 | 462 | 532 | 575 | 628 | 698 | 728 |  | 628
Grenada | GRD | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Greenland | GRL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Guatemala | GTM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 74 | 50 | 24 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 50 | 45 | 57 | 43 | 49 | 62 | 41 |  |  |  |  |  | 17 |  |  | 72 | 25 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 40 | 21 | 32 | 22 | 36 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 30 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7
Guam | GUM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Guyana | GUY | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  | 1 | 9
High income | HIC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 234161 | 229988 | 250528 | 246224 | 252052 | 262760 | 265242 | 290102 | 267931 | 285564 | 293874 | 292376 | 307142 | 303320 | 299977 | 301782 | 309867 | 331171 |  |  | 387297 | 418608 | 435582 | 452111 | 477926 | 486331 | 499277 | 522267 | 527534 | 585769 | 586127 | 581189 | 634401 | 644162 | 659329 | 672181 | 708404 | 775975 | 777507 | 765368 | 777710 | 803184 | 836740 | 837427 | 856039 | 841809 | 796430 | 815333 | 820994 | 853510
Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 23 | 41 | 26 | 128 | 42 | 51 | 74 | 112 | 107 | 127 | 156 | 172 | 160 | 173 | 149 | 133 | 181 | 171
Honduras | HND | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |  | 26 | 5 | 11 |  | 6 |  | 63 | 16 | 4 | 12 |  | 12 |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |  | 7 | 10 |  | 11 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 8
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | HPC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Croatia | HRV | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 479 | 503 | 277 | 265 | 259 | 273 | 267 | 246 | 337 | 362 | 328 | 387 | 385 | 363 | 317 | 344 | 330 | 250 | 257 | 230
Haiti | HTI | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 1 | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 | 9 |  | 4 |  | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 1 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24 | 10 | 32
Hungary | HUN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 1556 | 1355 | 1438 | 1448 | 1433 | 1555 | 1516 | 1241 | 1214 | 1343 | 1170 | 1184 | 1093 | 1149 | 1140 | 1272 | 1346 | 1601 | 2124 | 2344 | 2760 | 2869 | 2904 | 2847 | 3229 | 3262 | 2657 | 2477 | 2210 | 1497 | 1139 | 1162 | 1096 | 803 | 737 | 690 | 729 | 810 | 919 | 842 | 756 | 748 | 705 | 718 | 689 | 683 | 757 | 649 | 662 | 692
Indonesia | IDN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 3 |  | 10 | 8 |  | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 |  | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 |  | 16 | 40 | 26 | 49 | 32 | 62 |  | 113 |  | 34 | 67 | 38 | 29 | 61 | 40 | 79 | 93 | 152 | 157 | 212 | 234 | 201 | 227 | 235 | 288 |  |  | 437 | 516 | 541
Isle of Man | IMN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
India | IND | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | 721 | 774 |  | 878 | 902 | 948 | 894 | 1125 | 1217 | 1288 | 1278 | 1416 | 1322 | 1118 | 1268 | 1122 | 1324 | 1186 | 1173 | 1053 | 1207 | 1067 | 1128 |  | 1003 | 982 | 999 | 988 | 1033 | 1048 | 1147 | 1267 | 1248 | 1209 | 1588 | 1545 | 1661 | 1926 | 2247 | 2206 | 2206 | 2379 | 2693 | 3425 | 4014 | 4721 | 5686 | 6296 | 6425 | 7262 | 8853 | 8841 | 9553
Not classified | INX | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Ireland | IRL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 99 | 117 | 157 | 130 | 152 | 168 | 195 | 205 | 219 | 249 | 264 | 266 | 339 | 363 | 348 | 333 | 352 | 394 | 461 | 434 | 567 | 651 | 726 | 743 | 719 | 727 | 736 | 734 | 786 | 752 | 788 | 811 | 840 | 793 | 796 | 985 | 996 | 925 | 1019 | 914 | 862 | 787 | 789 | 838 | 847 | 931 | 908 | 733 | 494 | 492
Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 80 | 80 | 76 | 87 | 76 | 79 | 82 | 88 | 94 | 116 | 100 | 130 | 103 | 119 | 132 | 114 | 64 | 169 | 286 | 202 | 213 | 162 | 183 |  | 207 | 167 | 141 | 182 | 262 | 225 | 278 | 266 | 278 | 288 | 284 | 337 | 366 | 410 | 691 | 910 | 1287 | 2426 | 4051 | 5970
Iraq | IRQ | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 9 | 131 | 129 |  | 9 | 23 | 16 | 31 | 12 | 33 | 42 | 29 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 28 | 37 | 19 | 26 | 47 | 33 | 124 | 296 | 199 | 272 | 272 | 247 |  |  | 149 | 164 | 112 | 76 | 68
Iceland | ISL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 8 | 15 |  | 17 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 28 | 21 | 29 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 34 | 28 | 34 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 41 | 35 | 51 | 49 | 71 | 57 | 66 | 47 | 45 | 61 | 50 | 64 | 57 | 50 | 37
Israel | ISR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 451 | 441 | 412 | 397 | 291 | 290 | 231 | 247 | 383 | 394 | 374 | 344 | 483 | 561 | 508 | 632 | 595 | 669 | 727 | 707 | 687 | 696 | 790 | 819 | 823 | 995 | 1042 | 1052 | 1087 | 1400 | 1318 | 1261 | 1266 | 1218 | 1441 | 1950 | 2053 | 1599 | 1248 | 1213 | 1329 | 1544 | 1669 | 1342 | 1615 | 1528 | 1387 | 1450 | 1360 | 1319
Italy | ITA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | 7222 |  |  | 6918 |  |  | 7622 | 7253 | 7604 | 7259 | 7241 | 7196 | 7042 | 5779 | 5473 | 6110 |  |  |  |  | 6369 |  |  |  |  | 2000 |  |  | 2289 |  |  |  | 7568 | 7493 | 7872 |  | 6997 |  |  | 6281 | 7877 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9255 | 8588 | 8814 | 8877 | 8794 | 8439
Jamaica | JAM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 77 |  | 114 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 |  |  |  | 15 | 10 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 9 |  |  | 11 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 20
Jordan | JOR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | 3 | 5 | 1 |  | 2 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 71 | 52 | 21 | 25 | 42 | 49 | 75 | 59 | 50 | 60 | 45 | 40 | 48
Japan | JPN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 53876 | 55556 | 60796 | 62962 | 61721 | 71114 | 77132 | 100513 | 78425 | 101328 | 115221 | 121509 | 135118 | 135762 | 135991 | 141517 | 150623 | 165730 |  |  | 227708 | 256195 | 274348 | 290132 | 310908 | 308775 | 317353 | 332952 | 335564 | 337498 | 331774 | 319261 | 333770 | 339045 | 349211 | 357379 | 357531 | 384201 | 382815 | 365204 | 358184 | 368416 | 367960 | 347060 | 333498 | 330110 | 295315 | 290081 | 287580 | 287013
Kazakhstan | KAZ | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 433 | 3223 | 1393 | 1031 | 1022 | 1171 | 1244 | 1352 | 1399 | 1607 |  | 1696 |  | 1523 | 1433 |  | 11 | 1513 | 1691 | 1415
Kenya | [NAME] | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1 | 2 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | 8 |  | 14 |  |  | 15 | 22 | 27 | 25 |  |  | 23 | 22 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 41 | 63 | 48 | 77 | 135 | 123
Kyrgyz Republic | KGZ | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 132 | 119 | 126 | 152 | 111 | 60 | 80 | 84 | 123 | 179 |  |  |  | 155 | 135 |  | 134 |  | 110
Cambodia | KHM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Kiribati | KIR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
St. Kitts and Nevis | KNA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Korea, Rep. | KOR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | 545 | 800 | 714 | 2455 | 744 | 1018 | 883 | 855 | 1086 | 1157 | 1202 | 1283 | 1377 | 1622 | 1093 | 1326 | 1436 | 1177 | 989 | 1034 | 1241 | 1319 | 1556 | 1599 | 1997 | 2702 | 3640 | 4871 | 5696 | 7020 | 9082 | 13253 | 15951 | 21449 | 28554 | 59228 | 68405 | 67359 | 50596 | 55970 | 72831 | 73714 | 76570 | 90313 | 105250 | 122188 | 125476 | 128701 | 127114 | 127316 | 131805 | 138034 | 148136
Kosovo | KSV | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Kuwait | KWT | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 5 | 4
Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) | LAC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  | 11322 | 3573 | 4555 | 6289 |  | 7247 | 5357 | 5833 | 5225 | 6062 |  |  | 4472 |  | 4546 | 4722 | 4352 | 4219 | 5253 | 5190 | 3019 | 3004 | 3668 | 3188 | 3429 | 4419 | 4255 | 3620 | 4315 | 4039 | 4150 | 4573 | 4494 | 4015 | 4457 | 4954 | 4825 | 4862 | 5274 | 5561 | 5985 | 5904 | 6046 | 6027 | 5386 | 5412 | 6172 | 7185
Lao PDR | LAO | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1
Lebanon | LBN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 52 | 34 | 36 | 47 | 68 | 40 | 53 | 29 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 32
Liberia | LBR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 |  | 14
Libya | LBY | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  | 1 | 2 | 2 |  | 1 |  |  |  |  | 2 | 3 | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | 10 | 25 |  | 15 | 10 | 6 | 12
St. Lucia | LCA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) | LCN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  | 11512 | 4050 | 4761 | 6722 |  | 7636 | 5746 | 6138 | 5504 | 6446 |  |  | 4755 |  | 4742 | 4939 | 4517 | 4377 | 5389 | 5344 | 3207 | 3140 | 3810 | 3331 | 3587 | 4590 | 4441 | 3852 | 4528 | 4289 | 4380 | 4783 | 4704 | 4249 | 4688 | 5239 | 5123 | 5286 | 5650 | 5983 | 6371 | 6226 | 6489 | 6593 | 5759 | 5763 | 6531 | 7543
Least developed countries: UN classification | LDC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Low income | LIC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
[NAME] | LIE | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
[NAME] | LKA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 33 | 25 | 20 | 24 | 45 | 15 | 26 | 33 | 53 | 49 | 43 | 48 | 34 | 33 | 36 | 29 | 53 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 26 | 41 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 33 | 36 | 49 | 36 | 76 | 50 | 81 | 54 | 119 | 71 | 120 | 123 | 95 | 120 | 149 | 153 | 151 | 201 | 202 | 225
Lower middle income | LMC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 1128 |  | 1211 | 1192 | 1397 | 1518 | 1585 | 1527 | 1765 | 1660 | 1468 | 1620 | 1489 | 1732 | 1490 | 1548 | 1421 | 1518 |  | 1515 |  | 1438 | 1478 | 1349 | 1429 |  | 1585 | 1815 | 1973 | 2657 | 13720 | 9749 | 9309 | 8109 | 8732 | 10140 | 10210 | 10650 | 12652 | 7308 | 8189 | 10583 | 11275 | 11640 | 12345 | 11843 | 12374 | 14485 | 14052 | 14278
Low & middle income | LMY | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20375 | 20338 | 22873 |  | 24249 | 19137 | 19998 | 21776 | 39130 | 32295 | 30728 | 31279 | 32292 | 34123 | 36824 | 48115 | 55804 | 59316 | 79498 | 91439 | 129593 | 161145 | 186999 | 221788 | 266542 | 334192 | 456822 | 576817
[NAME] | LSO | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 1
Lithuania | LTU | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 29 | 134 | 413 | 112 | 106 | 100 | 125 | 134 | 86 | 66 | 68 | 85 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 65 | 62 | 87 | 91 | 108 | 93 | 109
Luxembourg | LUX | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | 91 | 74 |  | 56 | 47 | 73 | 56 | 56 | 81 | 84 | 141 | 129 | 116 | 118 | 86 | 104 | 83 | 86 | 111 | 88 | 97 | 109 | 94 |  | 58 | 81 | 80 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 41 | 52 |  | 73 | 50 | 35 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 24 | 85 | 51 | 41 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 48 | 60 | 79 | 85 | 109
Latvia | LVA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 73 | 155 | 179 | 210 | 196 | 162 | 195 | 91 | 98 | 117 | 150 | 91 | 108 | 112 | 114 | 139 | 206 | 240 | 178 | 173 | 193
Macao SAR, China | MAC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5
St. Martin (French part) | MAF | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Morocco | MAR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 11 | 37 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 34 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 16 | 28 | 35 | 29 | 72 | 83 | 60 | 61 | 55 |  | 42 | 107 | 89 | 90 |  | 97 |  | 104 |  |  |  | 104 | 140 | 178 | 150 | 177 | 135 | 152 | 169 | 197
Monaco | MCO | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 23 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4
Moldova | MDA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 67 | 237 | 270 | 289 | 295 | 257 | 256 | 240 | 437 | 239 | 293 | 297 | 377 | 303 | 333 | 273 | 134 | 139 | 97 | 93
Madagascar | MDG | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 7 |  | 4 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4
Maldives | MDV | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) | MEA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  | 804 | 770 | 660 | 547 | 562 | 484 | 495 | 656 | 702 | 688 | 684 | 729 | 805 | 752 | 898 | 826 | 1007 | 1190 | 1077 | 1090 | 1180 | 1486 |  | 1575 | 1735 | 1734 | 1634 | 1802 | 2184 | 2306 | 2251 | 2350 | 2414 |  | 3072 | 3237 | 3150 | 2795 | 3134 | 3484 | 4898 | 6696
Mexico | MEX | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 750 | 581 | 849 | 785 | 1451 | 2983 | 823 | 805 | 353 | 513 | 338 | 418 | 284 | 422 | 266 | 817 | 726 | 704 | 765 | 550 | 730 | 688 | 590 | 629 | 742 | 652 | 757 | 661 | 564 | 565 | 553 | 498 | 432 | 386 | 420 | 453 | 455 | 431 | 534 | 526 | 468 | 565 | 584 | 574 | 629 | 685 | 822 | 951 | 1065 | 1294
Marshall Islands | MHL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Middle income | MIC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20291 | 20271 | 22800 |  | 24176 | 19061 | 19884 | 21659 | 39008 | 32086 | 30423 | 31064 | 32084 | 33898 | 36634 | 47905 | 55578 | 59083 | 79197 | 91297 | 123606 | 154686 | 179883 | 221516 | 258447 | 325869 | 448655 | 568115
Macedonia, FYR | MKD | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 78 | 58 | 100 | 52 | 66 | 84 | 64 | 71 | 66 | 42 | 46 | 37 | 53 | 55 | 105 | 34 | 39 | 27 | 37
[NAME] | MLI | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Malta | MLT | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 1 | 2 |  |  |  | 4 | 1 |  | 4 | 3 |  | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 |  |  | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 22 |  |  |  |  | 10 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11
Myanmar | MMR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Middle East & North Africa (developing only) | MNA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  | 361 | 358 | 263 | 256 | 268 | 252 | 248 | 269 | 303 | 309 | 335 | 245 | 241 | 242 | 261 | 229 | 331 | 456 | 367 | 399 | 484 | 696 |  | 747 | 737 | 678 | 564 | 682 | 760 | 959 | 936 | 1045 | 1163 |  | 1069 | 1101 | 1452 | 1475 | 1838 | 2099 | 3273 | 4908
Montenegro | MNE | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  | 23 | 20 | 37
Mongolia | MNG | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 34 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 28 | 26 | 55 | 128 | 130 | 114 | 186 | 148 |  |  | 106 | 121 | 167 | 143 | 100 | 103 |  |  | 76 | 110
Northern Mariana Islands | MNP | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Mozambique | MOZ | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18
Mauritania | MRT | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
[NAME] | MUS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 3 |  | 1 | 2 |  | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
[NAME] | MWI | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 | 1 | 1 |  | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 |  |  |  |  | 1 | 1 |  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3
Malaysia | MYS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  | 9 | 3 | 5 |  | 4 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 29 | 71 | 73 | 84 | 92 | 106 | 151 | 198 | 223 | 141 | 221 | 179 | 193 | 218 | 206 | 271 | 322 | 376 | 522 | 522 | 531 | 670 | 818 | 1234 | 1231 | 1076 | 1114
North America | NAC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | 64596 | 67645 |  | 68418 | 68728 | 74051 | 68709 | 65773 | 68771 | 72793 | 74157 | 73075 | 67913 | 68877 | 66029 | 66227 | 66904 | 64746 | 63279 | 62331 | 63746 | 64568 | 65316 | 61408 | 63867 | 65765 | 67356 | 70842 | 77964 | 85401 | 93192 | 90137 | 95232 | 103578 | 109713 | 126393 | 109475 | 122558 | 138542 | 153312 | 168982 | 181476 | 188204 | 192870 | 194767 | 213050 | 227306 | 246345 | 236649 | 229979 | 246527 | 252504 | 273491
Namibia | NAM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 | 3 |  | 13
New Caledonia | NCL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
[NAME] | NER | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Nigeria | NGA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 6 | 8 |  | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  | 12
Nicaragua | NIC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  | 6 | 4 | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | 2 |  |  |  | 3 | 12 | 9 | 14 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 4
Netherlands | NLD | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | 2220 | 2302 |  | 2491 | 2149 | 2505 | 2595 | 2491 | 2477 | 2431 | 2462 | 2313 | 2283 | 2103 | 2096 | 1966 | 1857 | 1960 | 2011 | 2049 | 1826 | 1897 | 1873 | 1889 | 1840 | 1938 | 1866 | 1970 | 2158 | 2205 | 2147 | 1605 | 1753 | 1733 | 1748 | 2123 | 2348 | 2391 | 2451 | 2545 | 2465 | 2110 | 2122 | 2288 | 2187 | 2217 | 2168 | 2079 | 2421 | 2575 | 2527 | 2585 | 2375
High income: nonOECD | NOC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1031 | 40278 | 29680 | 21945 | 18411 | 18917 | 16128 | 17573 | 20864 | 24594 | 26051 | 25135 | 26364 | 24453 | 25081 | 29334 | 29099 | 29371 | 27126 | 30630 | 28615 | 30307
Norway | NOR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 992 | 918 | 870 | 906 | 961 | 987 | 876 | 938 | 856 | 855 | 800 | 741 | 752 | 801 | 817 | 774 | 793 | 716 | 714 | 693 | 825 | 961 | 923 | 903 | 884 | 904 | 1015 | 899 | 924 | 941 | 1031 | 1074 | 1128 | 1291 | 1256 | 1213 | 1335 | 1311 | 1189 | 1178 | 1079 | 1142 | 1143 | 1119 | 1225 | 1150 | 1246 | 1117 | 1122 | 1009
Nepal | NPL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 | 1 | 1 |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3
New Zealand | NZL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 862 | 932 | 188 | 788 | 997 | 1037 | 961 | 897 | 988 | 1062 | 979 | 908 | 1243 | 1237 | 1055 | 1065 | 1124 | 1148 | 1033 | 986 | 1110 | 1001 | 1008 | 957 | 912 | 803 | 807 | 802 | 983 | 1031 | 1236 | 1254 | 1284 | 1275 | 1572 | 1181 | 1420 | 1463 | 1768 | 1839 | 1845 | 1631 | 1893 | 2153 | 1892 | 1256 | 1555 | 1585 | 1501 | 1425
High income: OECD | OEC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 234134 | 229856 | 250514 | 245970 | 252025 | 262504 | 264971 | 289847 | 267719 | 285385 | 293768 | 292270 | 306977 | 303179 | 299883 | 301693 | 309798 | 331070 | 159598 | 161551 | 387206 | 418522 | 435481 | 452046 | 477855 | 486268 | 499216 | 522205 | 526503 | 545491 | 556447 | 559244 | 615990 | 625245 | 643201 | 654608 | 687540 | 751381 | 751456 | 740233 | 751346 | 778731 | 811659 | 808093 | 826940 | 812438 | 769304 | 784703 | 792379 | 823203
OECD members | OED | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 236495 | 231870 | 252900 | 248327 | 255016 | 267129 | 267395 | 291982 | 269382 | 287241 | 295413 | 293964 | 308452 | 304868 | 301408 | 303871 | 311943 | 333509 | 162644 | 164571 | 390696 | 422232 | 439107 | 455696 | 481964 | 490335 | 502792 | 525481 | 529425 | 547742 | 558308 | 561055 | 617688 | 626623 | 644561 | 655958 | 689000 | 752899 | 753246 | 742015 | 753059 | 780726 | 813876 | 810457 | 830068 | 816027 | 773438 | 789483 | 797991 | 829623
Oman | OMN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Other small states | OSS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Pakistan | PAK | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  | 74 | 70 | 108 | 68 | 84 | 89 |  | 58 | 61 | 38 | 23 | 34 | 21 | 20 | 31 | 30 | 37 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 27 | 45 | 44 | 46 | 58 | 55 | 57 | 73 | 143 | 91 | 109 | 170 |  | 114 | 92 | 96
Panama | PAN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 9 |  | 15 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 16 | 31 |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21
Peru | PER | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60 | 72 |  | 67 |  | 86 | 113 | 102 | 82 | 50 | 56 | 77 |  | 41 | 48 | 43 | 53 |  | 49 | 31 | 21 | 34 | 29 |  | 52 | 48 |  | 48 | 40 | 36 | 29 | 32 | 38 | 27 | 39 | 28 | 31 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 54
Philippines | PHL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 123 | 36 | 31 | 40 | 45 | 53 | 40 | 57 | 58 | 53 | 106 | 123 | 118 | 167 | 127 | 129 | 144 | 119 | 91 | 134 | 63 | 102 | 91 | 75 | 76 | 86 | 71 | 147 | 147 | 133 | 178 | 181 | 169 | 163 | 125 | 163 | 144 | 154 | 135 | 149 | 141 | 158 | 210 | 223 | 225 | 216 | 172 | 170 | 186 | 162
Palau | PLW | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
[NAME] | PNG | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Poland | POL | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 2355 | 2646 | 4117 | 4527 | 4535 | 4585 | 4896 | 5493 | 5422 | 5277 | 5693 | 6672 | 6691 | 6593 | 6641 | 7030 | 6788 | 6198 | 4370 | 4482 | 4741 | 5090 | 5124 | 5486 | 5682 | 6280 | 5294 | 4106 | 3389 | 2891 | 2659 | 2676 | 2595 | 2411 | 2399 | 2407 | 2285 | 2404 | 2202 | 2313 | 2268 | 2381 | 2028 | 2157 | 2392 | 2488 | 2899 | 3203 | 3879 | 4410
Puerto Rico | PRI | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Korea, Dem. Rep. | PRK | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1159 |  | 1286 | 1986 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5861 | 6350 | 6846 |  | 7956 | 8018 | 7956 | 8354
Portugal | PRT | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 179 | 146 | 128 | 122 | 109 | 95 | 103 | 178 | 192 | 134 | 109 | 54 | 72 | 77 | 79 | 120 | 96 | 92 | 90 | 92 | 91 | 96 | 85 | 77 | 61 | 54 | 86 | 101 | 102 | 69 | 88 | 103 | 81 | 86 | 71 | 96 | 81 | 81 | 107 | 130 | 125 | 123 | 158 | 184 | 250 | 381 | 571 | 499 | 571 | 621
Paraguay | PRY | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 | 10 | 7 |  |  |  | 6 | 16 |  | 20 | 30 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 37 | 13 | 15 | 18
Pacific island small states | PSS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
French Polynesia | PYF | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Qatar | QAT | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3
Romania | [NAME] | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 1138 | 13 | 21 | 1322 | 1658 | 1993 | 1976 | 55 | 2479 | 2732 | 2557 | 2521 | 2173 | 3625 | 3056 | 2568 | 2751 | 2569 | 2481 | 2724 | 3108 | 3446 | 4201 | 4394 | 4821 | 5615 | 5868 | 2752 | 2015 | 1457 | 1414 | 1633 | 1811 | 1831 | 1708 | 1299 | 1061 | 1003 | 1128 | 1478 | 881 | 937 | 916 | 814 | 827 | 995 | 1054 | 1382 | 1424 | 1022
Russian Federation | RUS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 906 | 39494 | 28503 | 21250 | 17551 | 18014 | 15106 | 16454 | 19900 | 23377 | 24777 | 23712 | 24969 | 22985 | 23644 | 27884 | 27505 | 27712 | 25598 | 28722 | 26495 | 28701
Rwanda | RWA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40
South Asia | SAS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | 721 | 774 |  | 911 | 1006 | 1038 | 1026 | 1238 | 1316 | 1403 | 1311 | 1527 | 1432 | 1200 | 1358 | 1190 | 1409 | 1270 | 1261 | 1167 | 1291 | 1112 | 1180 |  | 1081 | 1050 | 1041 | 1052 | 1083 | 1108 | 1225 | 1358 | 1374 | 1319 | 1698 | 1715 | 1727 | 2034 | 2378 | 2418 | 2393 | 2616 | 2914 | 3635 | 4255 | 5063 | 5952 | 6585 | 6856 | 7519 | 9258 | 8970 | 9716
Saudi Arabia | SAU | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 16 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 33 | 28 | 27 | 57 | 45 | 72 | 76 | 46 | 61 | 56 | 81 | 119 | 119 | 128 |  |  | 288 | 347
Sudan | SDN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3
Senegal | SEN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Singapore | SGP | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |  |  |  |  | 4 | 2 |  | 2 | 4 |  | 5 | 4 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 145 | 224 | 288 | 311 | 374 | 516 | 523 | 624 | 626 | 641 | 569 | 626 | 696 | 793 | 750 | 895 | 1056 | 1081
Solomon Islands | SLB | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Sierra Leone | SLE | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
El Salvador | SLV | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 12 |  | 22 | 39 | 31 | 16 |  |  |  | 19 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 3
[NAME] | SMR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Somalia | SOM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Serbia | SRB | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 473 | 372 | 432 | 395 | 386 | 319 | 290 | 180 | 192
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | SSA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
South Sudan | SSD | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | SSF | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Small states | SST | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Sao Tome and Principe | STP | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Suriname | SUR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Slovak Republic | SVK | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 282 | 248 | 269 | 195 | 224 | 213 | 213 | 236 | 246 | 259 | 210 | 215 | 155 | 193 | 239 | 167 | 176 | 234 | 224 | 168
Slovenia | SVN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21 | 188 | 277 | 286 | 314 | 288 | 266 | 288 | 261 | 307 | 301 | 300 | 310 | 342 | 344 | 287 | 331 | 301 | 373 | 442
Sweden | SWE | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 4293 | 4422 | 4814 | 4857 | 5309 | 4742 | 4333 | 4343 | 4397 | 4484 | 4865 | 4460 | 4042 | 4141 | 4503 | 4556 | 4116 | 4106 | 3914 | 4087 | 4283 | 3969 | 3840 | 3685 | 3521 | 3260 | 3147 | 3108 | 3154 | 3291 | 3760 | 3953 | 3941 | 4111 | 4130 | 3972 | 4142 | 4224 | 3926 | 3358 | 3025 | 2768 | 2522 | 2446 | 2527 | 2549 | 2186 | 2196 | 2004 | 2288
Swaziland | SWZ | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | SXM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Seychelles | SYC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Syrian Arab Republic | SYR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 4 |  | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 |  |  | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 53 | 82 | 67 | 129 | 106 | 116 | 54 | 87 | 247 | 189 | 183 | 213 | 205 | 105 | 124
Turks and Caicos Islands | TCA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Chad | TCD | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Togo | TGO | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Thailand | THA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 13 | 26 | 40 | 48 | 49 | 55 | 60 | 68 | 78 | 43 | 73 | 80 | 67 | 110 | 150 | 145 | 203 | 246 | 479 | 738 | 561 | 534 | 615 | 802 | 819 | 891 | 1040 | 945 | 902 | 1025 | 1214 | 927 | 1020
Tajikistan | TJK | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 | 24 | 35 | 30 | 23 | 37 | 38 | 45 | 83 | 39 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 26 |  |  | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3
Turkmenistan | TKM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 66 | 52 | 41 | 44
Timor-Leste | TLS | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Tonga | TON | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 7 |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 13 | 29 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 17 |  |  |  |  | 2 |  | 3 | 1 |  | 2 | 1
Tunisia | TUN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 6 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 7 |  | 3 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 37 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 28 |  | 19 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 42 | 39 | 31 | 45 | 41 | 38 | 67 | 47 | 22 | 45 | 35 | 46 | 56 | 77 | 76 | 76
Turkey | TUR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 55 | 78 | 99 | 124 | 107 | 87 | 85 | 89 | 96 |  | 137 | 92 | 98 | 118 | 119 | 89 | 73 | 134 | 157 | 126 |  | 153 | 132 | 174 | 138 | 153 | 162 | 138 | 148 | 189 | 169 | 151 | 170 | 189 | 203 | 207 | 276 | 277 | 337 | 414 | 489 | 682 | 928 | 1072 | 1810 | 2221 | 2555 | 3180 | 3885 | 4434
Tuvalu | TUV | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Tanzania | TZA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1
Uganda | UGA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 6
Ukraine | UKR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 309 | 8687 | 5355 | 4804 | 3636 | 4688 | 5319 | 5401 | 5620 | 7208 | 1601 | 1635 | 4090 | 3538 | 3474 | 3440 | 2825 | 2434 | 2556 | 2649 | 2491
Upper middle income | UMC | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18813 | 18922 | 21371 |  | 22591 | 17246 | 17911 | 19002 | 25288 | 22337 | 21114 | 22955 | 23352 | 23758 | 26424 | 37255 | 42926 | 51775 | 71008 | 80714 | 112331 | 143046 | 167538 | 209673 | 246073 | 311384 | 434603 | 553837
Uruguay | URY | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  | 114 |  | 224 |  | 234 | 246 | 219 | 190 | 150 | 88 | 95 | 132 | 119 | 59 | 45 | 43 | 70 | 71 | 49 | 40 | 43 | 63 | 39 | 34 | 28 | 23 |  | 34 | 39 | 29 | 18 | 35 | 25 | 32 | 27 | 27 | 44 | 52 | 30 | 45 | 37 | 24 | 31 | 35 | 33 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 22
United States | USA | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD | 63090 | 66335 |  | 66715 | 67013 | 72317 | 66855 | 64118 | 67180 | 71008 | 72343 | 71089 | 65943 | 66935 | 64093 | 64445 | 65050 | 62863 | 61441 | 60535 | 62098 | 62404 | 63316 | 59391 | 61841 | 63673 | 65195 | 68315 | 75192 | 82370 | 90643 | 87955 | 92425 | 99955 | 107233 | 123962 | 106892 | 119214 | 134733 | 149251 | 164795 | 177513 | 184245 | 188941 | 189536 | 207867 | 221784 | 241347 | 231588 | 224912 | 241977 | 247750 | 268782
Uzbekistan | UZB | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2136 | 1061 | 1039 | 914 | 815 | 721 | 767 | 755 | 803 | 715 | 931 | 273 | 264 | 323 | 324 | 262 | 238 | 370 | 282 | 257
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Venezuela, RB | VEN | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  | 104 | 200 | 238 | 178 | 325 | 214 | 306 | 314 | 208 | 252 | 241 | 674 | 183 | 440 | 194 | 192 | 236 | 176 | 174 | 625 | 875 | 227 | 282 | 312 |  | 183 | 262 | 233 | 202 | 186 | 224 |  | 182 | 201 |  |  | 56 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 33
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | VIR | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
Vietnam | VNM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 52 |  | 7 |  | 20 | 46 | 58 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 22 | 23 | 37 | 30 | 40 | 63 | 69 | 85 | 134 | 149 | 206 | 362 | 196 | 339 | 320 | 391 | 306 | 300 | 382
[NAME] | VUT | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
West Bank and Gaza | PSE | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD
World | WLD | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 455957 | 472449 | 500799 |  | 523526 | 541404 | 547532 | 607545 | 625257 | 613484 | 665129 | 675441 | 691621 | 706304 | 745228 | 824090 | 833311 | 824684 | 857208 | 894623 | 966333 | 998572 | 1043038 | 1063597 | 1062972 | 1149525 | 1277816 | 1430327
Samoa | WSM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Yemen, Rep. | YEM | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 11 |  |  | 20 | 7 | 36
South Africa | ZAF | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 1654 | 1785 | 2015 | 2466 |  | 2392 |  | 2428 | 2592 | 2649 | 2683 | 2490 | 2546 | 2442 | 2966 | 2965 | 2535 | 3092 | 3340 | 3017 | 4240 | 3874 | 4051 | 4730 | 4922 | 4829 | 5134 | 1093 | 1023 | 888 | 904 | 935 | 883 | 757 | 355 | 200 | 138 | 895 | 966 | 983 | 922 | 956 | 1003 | 866 | 915 | 860 | 822 | 821 | 656 | 608
Congo, Dem. Rep. | COD | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8
Zambia | ZMB | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |  | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |  | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  |  |  | 7 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 4 |  | 4 | 6 |  |  | 5 |  | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 7
Zimbabwe | ZWE | Patent applications, residents | IP.PAT.RESD |  |  |  | 117 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 104 | 115 | 70 | 77 | 107 | 83 | 88 | 68 |  |  |  |  | 55 | 39 | 35 | 41 | 40 | 34 | 38 | 47 | 41 | 38 | 39 | 44 | 60 | 42 | 44 |  | 55 | 28