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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, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Andorra | AND | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Afghanistan | AFG | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Angola | AGO | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Albania | ALB | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 120 | 238 | 391 |  | 386 |  |  |  | 361 |  | 8
Arab World | ARB | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2033 | 2465 | 1931 | 1829 | 1806 | 1945 | 1953 | 1841 | 2176 | 2305 | 1984 | 1846 | 2002 | 2127 | 1948 | 1862 |  | 1725 |  |  |  |  |  | 1202 |  |  | 1499 | 1815 | 1780 | 2081 | 2131 |  | 3318 |  | 2428 | 2073 | 1892 | 1746 | 1946 | 2891 |  | 4322
United Arab Emirates | ARE | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Argentina | ARG | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5500 | 5096 | 2327 | 4205 | 4074 | 3703 | 3037 | 2547 | 2800 | 2862 | 3168 | 3063 | 3321 | 2793 | 2443 | 2656 |  |  |  |  |  | 1955 | 1851 | 1919 | 2261 | 2820 | 3588 | 4012 | 5035 | 5459 | 5558 | 5574 | 5088 | 4143 | 3765 | 3816 | 4215 | 4597 | 4806 | 4781
Armenia | ARM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30 | 79 | 98 | 154 | 121 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 19
American Samoa | ASM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
[NAME] and [NAME] | ATG | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Australia | AUS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 9470 | 10162 | 11027 | 11562 | 11675 | 12511 | 13376 | 12459 | 12016 | 11559 | 11809 | 11650 | 9771 | 9797 | 9882 | 9573 | 9896 | 9354 | 9807 | 9572 | 9529 | 10212 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12277 | 13221 | 15398 | 16063 | 17960 | 20073 | 20548 | 20181 | 19176 | 20274 | 21302 | 23166 | 24122 | 23525 | 21187 | 22478 | 23143
Austria | AUT | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 7945 | 8479 | 9118 | 9514 | 9238 | 10246 | 9728 | 9519 | 9055 | 8807 | 8642 | 8039 | 7386 | 7360 | 7066 | 7081 | 5770 | 4166 | 3428 | 2620 | 2322 | 1891 | 1591 | 1336 | 1272 | 1048 | 915 | 670 | 544 | 517 | 513 | 516 | 458 | 449 | 397 | 349 | 341 | 340 | 284 | 329 | 213 | 266 | 235 | 378 | 287 | 329 | 292 | 249 | 276
Azerbaijan | AZE | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30 | 17 |  |  |  |  | 10 | 7 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 17 | 12
Burundi | BDI | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 |  | 2 |  |  | 1 | 3 |  | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4
Belgium | BEL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  | 15044 | 15744 | 15152 | 16068 | 16158 | 15848 | 15099 | 14620 | 14481 | 13619 | 12164 | 11753 | 11453 | 9683 | 6864 | 5104 | 3918 | 2944 | 2261 | 1966 | 1476 | 1334 | 889 | 776 | 663 | 613 | 574 | 499 | 679 | 446 | 355 | 310 | 269 | 249 | 249 | 243 | 264 | 147 | 188 | 122 | 105 | 161 | 163 | 133 | 148 | 140 | 127
Benin | [NAME] | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
[NAME] | BFA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Bangladesh | BGD | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 226 |  | 124 | 92 | 122 | 100 | 102 | 133 | 104 | 123 | 104 | 96 | 77 | 98 | 109 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 89 | 71 | 89 | 156 |  |  | 184 | 200 | 248 | 236 | 246 | 260 | 268 | 294 | 288 | 270 | 278 | 275 | 276 | 274
Bulgaria | BGR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 131 | 199 | 223 | 423 | 633 | 786 | 939 | 886 | 875 | 878 | 923 | 880 | 856 | 617 | 623 | 649 | 719 | 804 | 871 | 717 | 728 | 738 | 248 | 211 | 311 | 253 | 267 | 331 | 326 | 351 | 152 | 531 | 363 | 407 | 538 | 524 | 616 | 709 | 785 | 735 | 680 | 133 | 52 | 48 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 21
Bahrain | BHR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20 |  |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | 33 | 41 | 47 | 28 | 41 | 28 | 65 | 16 | 20 |  |  |  |  |  | 31 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 139
Bahamas, The | BHS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60 | 42 | 40 | 49 | 48 | 34 | 48 | 27 | 26 | 36 |  | 51 | 50 |  | 38 | 42 | 37 |  | 32 |  | 25 | 27 | 29
Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 105 | 242 | 309 |  | 242 | 346 | 306 | 162 |  | 12 |  | 9 | 12
Belarus | BLR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 666 | 1005 | 415 | 361 | 414 | 79 | 345 | 204 | 214 | 379 | 298 | 200 | 296 | 337 | 257 | 220 | 173 | 174 | 146
Belize | BLZ | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 54
Bermuda | BMU | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Bolivia | BOL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 181 | 179 | 105 | 94 | 108 | 171 | 175 | 150 | 160 | 105 | 119 | 117 | 120 | 89 | 70 | 54 | 41 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 62 | 89 | 106
Brazil | BRA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  | 4364 | 4910 | 5354 | 5447 |  | 5385 | 5196 | 5493 | 6632 | 7515 |  |  | 7071 |  | 6644 | 6228 | 6113 | 5562 | 4900 | 4657 | 4565 | 4413 | 4702 | 4546 | 4657 | 5148 | 4625 | 4374 | 4221 | 4228 | 4741 | 5446 | 13479 | 13546 | 14693 | 14296 | 13881 | 12657 | 14015 | 15314 | 16100 | 20264 | 17802 | 18833 | 18023 | 19981
Barbados | BRB | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22 |  |  | 18 | 12 |  | 33 | 44 | 38 |  |  | 35 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 68 |  | 85 | 93 | 121 | 80 | 76 | 44 | 109 | 84 | 79 | 88 | 71
[NAME] | BRN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 88 | 41 | 42 | 21 | 42 | 32 | 34 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 43 | 31 | 26 | 41 | 64 | 75 | 42
Bhutan | BTN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Botswana | BWA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18 | 34 | 29
Sub-Saharan Africa (IFC classification) | CAA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Central African Republic | CAF | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Canada | CAN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | 22786 | 23219 | 23834 | 24706 | 25342 | 26077 | 28239 | 27963 | 27995 | 29306 | 29546 | 28524 | 27468 | 26969 | 26846 | 25237 | 24073 | 24118 | 23131 | 22516 | 22699 | 23267 | 23883 | 23690 | 24709 | 25482 | 25596 | 26598 | 28869 | 32060 | 24375 | 21097 | 22950 | 23307 | 13870 | 24161 | 24987 | 25238 | 30163 | 33189 | 35435 | 35753 | 35782 | 33299 | 32970 | 34705 | 36516 | 35133 | 37028 | 32410 | 30899 | 30357
East Asia and the Pacific (IFC classification) | CEA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Europe and Central Asia (IFC classification) | CEU | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Switzerland | CHE | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | 9790 | 10354 |  | 11009 | 11737 | 12459 | 13304 | 12817 | 13609 | 13674 | 13479 | 13128 | 12956 | 12767 | 12033 | 11106 | 10820 | 10801 | 8759 | 7099 | 5613 | 4430 | 3637 | 3038 | 2714 | 2281 | 1954 | 1764 | 1556 | 1371 | 1081 | 893 | 903 | 874 | 892 | 830 | 718 | 620 | 564 | 535 | 468 | 594 | 466 | 396 | 434 | 455 | 362 | 342 | 439 | 394 | 533 | 446
Channel Islands | CHI | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Chile | CHL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 833 |  | 932 | 949 | 1220 | 1012 | 1056 | 933 | 721 | 610 | 565 | 654 | 601 | 526 | 546 | 561 | 589 | 685 | 744 | 665 | 647 | 602 | 550 | 592 | 621 | 622 | 682 | 642 | 838 | 949 | 1179 | 1418 | 1535 | 1771 | 2411 | 2568 | 2608 | 2879 | 2504 | 2147 | 2076 | 2485 | 2646 | 2924 | 3403 | 3421 | 1374 | 748 | 2453
China | CHN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4493 | 4515 | 4084 |  | 4910 | 4305 | 4051 | 4387 | 7534 | 7876 | 8688 | 11114 | 12102 | 33645 | 34418 | 26560 | 33412 | 40426 | 48548 | 64598 | 79842 | 88183 | 92101 | 95259 | 85508 | 98111 | 110583
Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Latin America and the Caribbean (IFC classification) | CLA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Middle East and North Africa (IFC classification) | CME | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Cameroon | CMR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Congo, Rep. | COG | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 81 |  | 55 |  |  |  |  |  | 21 | 15 | 27
Colombia | COL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 951 | 1074 | 1010 | 1096 | 1166 | 1066 | 1118 | 1041 | 1011 | 909 | 709 | 619 | 574 | 555 | 549 | 449 | 375 | 335 | 604 |  | 527 | 471 | 441 | 404 | 532 | 420 | 516 |  | 527 | 575 | 769 | 867 | 1093 | 1172 | 1497 | 1670 | 1615 | 1694 | 432 | 858 | 1127 | 1365 | 1662 | 1861 | 1862 | 1818 | 1551 | 1739 | 1770
Comoros | COM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Cabo Verde | CPV | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Costa Rica | CRI | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 163 | 164 | 180 | 111 |  |  | 148 | 179 | 118 | 97 | 96 | 101 | 77 | 85 | 91 | 61 | 74 |  |  | 54 | 33 | 38 | 27 | 41 |  |  | 91 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1212 | 630
South Asia (IFC classification) | CSA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Caribbean small states | CSS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 269 | 219 |  | 276 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 143 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 362 | 373 | 495 | 631 | 539
Cuba | CUB | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 92 | 89 | 85 | 106 | 90 | 46 | 68 | 61 | 64 | 49 | 59 | 70 | 88 | 96 | 51 | 65 | 75 | 70 | 58 | 39 | 31 | 28 |  |  |  |  |  | 26 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 31 |  | 127 |  |  |  |  |  | 180 | 163 | 210 | 189 | 172 |  | 184
[NAME] | CUW | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Cayman Islands | CYM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Cyprus | CYP | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 15 | 33 | 34 | 20 | 62 | 51 | 45 | 56 | 52 | 44 | 47 | 59 | 59 | 52 | 59 | 42 | 52 | 66 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 43 | 30 |  |  |  | 43 | 53 | 57 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 85 | 85 | 44 |  | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8
Czech Republic | CZE | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2040 | 2593 | 2893 | 3247 | 3661 | 3771 | 4204 | 4384 | 4184 | 5031 | 2954 | 629 | 244 | 195 | 192 | 142 | 92 | 114 | 97
Germany | DEU | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 24923 | 26914 | 28322 | 30607 | 30393 | 31417 | 33532 | 33360 | 32882 | 33973 | 34314 | 33011 | 29897 | 30640 | 30154 | 28184 | 24305 | 19900 | 16738 | 17158 | 15445 | 13225 | 12180 | 10945 | 9933 | 9332 | 9168 | 8605 | 7784 | 7404 | 6995 | 7261 | 8055 | 9511 | 11291 | 10843 | 9502 | 10406 | 10486 | 10589 | 10663 | 10786 | 11855 | 12573 | 13139 | 13177 | 11724 | 12198 | 12458
Djibouti | DJI | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Dominica | DMA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Denmark | DNK | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 4902 | 5290 | 5560 | 5746 | 5706 | 5588 | 6025 | 5822 | 5673 | 5752 | 6259 | 6089 | 5130 | 5080 | 5055 | 4946 | 4645 | 4605 | 4745 | 4706 | 4920 | 5312 | 5236 | 5386 | 4759 | 6124 | 4683 | 1843 | 370 | 361 | 254 | 176 | 250 | 196 | 218 | 166 | 131 | 140 | 188 | 169 | 153 | 138 | 165 | 188 | 197 | 195 | 131 | 142 | 197
Dominican Republic | DOM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 70 | 55 | 15 | 80 |  |  |  | 110 | 120 |  |  |  |  | 96 | 112 | 158 |  |  |  |  | 66 |  |  | 135
Algeria | DZA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  | 240 | 417 |  | 386 | 365 | 366 | 318 | 347 | 447 | 578 | 438 | 422 | 455 | 419 | 349 | 340 | 320 | 278 | 345 |  |  |  | 201 | 200 | 229 | 170 | 164 | 138 | 118 | 134 | 150 | 207 | 267 | 248 | 127 | 94 | 291 | 296 | 334 | 465 | 611 | 765 |  |  | 730 | 803
East Asia & Pacific (developing only) | EAP | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8724 | 7387 | 10300 |  | 10558 | 10262 | 11369 | 14204 | 16661 | 18617 | 21719 | 28369 | 32138 | 50165 | 51606 | 45547 | 51416 | 54536 | 63615 | 81529 | 99249 | 107403 | 106257 | 111886 | 104645 | 115715 | 130523
East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) | EAS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 47035 | 46687 | 52937 |  | 59186 | 59681 | 56901 | 58663 | 58571 | 61892 | 96155 | 121769 | 141976 | 161038 | 160416 | 151711 | 182803 | 182619 | 187352 | 214108 | 243302 | 260435 | 266108 | 266960 | 239982 | 256562 | 276400
Europe & Central Asia (developing only) | ECA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7529 | 6522 | 6751 | 5569 | 6793 | 6824 | 10247 | 10964 | 11626 | 10069 | 8673 | 6259 | 5045 | 4300 | 3821 | 5394 | 3973 | 4150 | 4123
Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) | ECS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 44036 | 53644 | 47632 | 46804 | 50659 | 54119 | 59777 | 59066 | 63593 | 68526 | 66897 | 65540 | 62132 | 52943 | 52519 | 46859 | 48478 | 49396 | 42733 | 42528 | 44761
Ecuador | ECU | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 183 | 239 | 199 | 196 | 202 | 232 | 243 | 260 |  | 173 | 171 | 147 | 152 | 180 | 122 | 112 | 96 |  | 104 | 78 | 97 | 94 |  | 75 | 84 | 100 | 335 | 270 | 354 | 302 |  | 475 | 541 | 256 | 101 | 415 | 489 | 580 | 751 | 794 | 847 | 668 | 690
Egypt, Arab Rep. | EGY | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  | 722 | 696 | 706 | 681 | 571 | 632 | 494 | 490 | 485 | 432 | 538 | 714 | 757 | 670 | 675 | 723 | 731 | 738 | 713 | 727 | 704 | 671 | 667 | 596 | 474 | 462 | 511 | 479 | 517 | 503 | 528 | 693 | 706 |  | 1139 | 1146 | 1081 | 923 | 788 | 626 | 312 | 1008 |  | 1589 | 1649 | 1452 | 1625 | 1591
Euro area | EMU | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 99202 |  | 115186 | 143889 | 143086 | 153051 | 154425 | 151306 | 147949 | 148663 | 149635 | 142057 | 127976 | 109926 | 108362 | 99919 | 83219 | 80033 | 60447 | 55947 | 62563 | 47596 | 51977 | 40688 | 31708 | 38014 | 30901 | 28634 | 24455 | 21562 | 17474 | 17058 | 17177 | 19311 | 19581 | 18716 | 18749 | 20362 | 18853 | 18288 | 17876 | 16413 | 16707 | 18003 | 18028 | 17259 | 15540 | 16045 | 16764
Eritrea | ERI | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Spain | ESP | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  | 9541 | 8266 | 9452 | 9388 | 9688 | 8844 | 8808 | 9265 | 9529 | 9506 | 8619 | 9024 | 9040 | 9064 | 8966 | 9001 | 8509 | 8555 | 8352 | 8916 | 9149 | 8581 | 2590 | 2209 | 2318 | 1079 | 746 | 561 | 563 | 537 | 553 | 524 | 496 | 476 | 506 | 484 | 467 | 371 | 367 | 313 | 313 | 316 | 265 | 252 | 207 | 213 | 196
Estonia | EST | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 452 | 63 | 198 | 360 | 443 | 604 | 791 | 699 | 700 | 584 | 97 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 13 | 15
Ethiopia | ETH | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 25
European Union | EUU | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 143033 | 133303 | 166799 | 199501 | 199850 | 212780 | 218264 | 213632 | 208723 | 209641 | 212919 | 202580 | 182759 | 162749 | 162169 | 149482 | 124746 | 116469 | 91834 | 84562 | 88767 | 72947 | 74756 | 61831 | 51582 | 58361 | 49458 | 44404 | 37456 | 35374 | 33365 | 33081 | 34429 | 37329 | 41225 | 40452 | 44038 | 47129 | 45093 | 46259 | 42656 | 36945 | 33634 | 28221 | 27110 | 25293 | 23125 | 23454 | 24697
Finland | FIN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 1910 | 2075 | 2326 | 2636 | 2606 | 2821 | 2915 | 2667 | 2833 | 2781 | 3046 | 2832 | 2597 | 2513 | 2751 | 2730 | 2711 | 2734 | 2809 | 2907 | 3178 | 3408 | 3472 | 3627 | 3941 | 4084 | 4417 | 4410 | 2671 | 3953 | 2052 | 1842 | 1733 | 483 | 250 | 212 | 343 | 324 | 270 | 207 | 215 | 209 | 229 | 202 | 211 | 147 | 127 | 102 | 124
Fiji | FJI | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 14 |  |  |  | 18 | 17
France | FRA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 26624 | 28632 | 30284 | 32019 | 31994 | 36095 | 32419 | 33177 | 33009 | 32423 | 33776 | 30927 | 28327 | 28419 | 28167 | 25692 | 20871 | 16989 | 13723 | 11561 | 10029 | 8867 | 7543 | 6369 | 5875 | 5194 | 4986 | 4260 | 3908 | 3547 | 3402 | 3520 | 3477 | 3484 | 3637 | 3544 | 3282 | 3483 | 3605 | 3389 | 3339 | 3060 | 2948 | 2720 | 2387 | 1761 | 1593 | 1832 | 2099
Faeroe Islands | FRO | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Micronesia, Fed. [NAME]. | FSM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Gabon | GAB | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
United Kingdom | GBR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 27168 | 29141 | 31233 | 32873 | 33504 | 35284 | 37710 | 36874 | 36307 | 35944 | 37840 | 35705 | 32558 | 32764 | 33309 | 30940 | 25198 | 22000 | 18406 | 16563 | 14798 | 13735 | 12293 | 11063 | 10419 | 9935 | 9637 | 8928 | 8357 | 7839 | 7922 | 8081 | 8891 | 9821 | 10171 | 10083 | 10399 | 10697 | 10658 | 10907 | 11198 | 10776 | 10155 | 8261 | 7624 | 6856 | 6480 | 6439 | 6916
Georgia | GEO | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 210 | 178 | 159 | 420 | 173 | 205 | 229 | 190 | 224 | 249 | 252 | 209 | 209 | 236 | 299 | 79 | 26 | 218 | 180 | 260
Ghana | GHA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 82 | 69 | 75 | 78 | 79 | 64 | 69 | 80 | 98 | 61 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 45 | 75 | 39 | 37 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 14 |  |  | 15 | 16 |  | 12 | 20 | 12 | 11 |  | 39
Guinea | GIN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Gambia, The | GMB | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16 | 12 |  | 17
Guinea-Bissau | GNB | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Greece | GRC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | 551 | 609 | 726 | 983 | 956 | 1043 | 1206 | 1188 | 1148 | 1289 | 1197 | 1263 | 1375 | 1396 | 1344 | 1262 | 1274 | 1139 | 1250 | 1378 | 1570 | 1843 | 1911 | 1936 | 2142 | 2035 | 1714 | 586 | 457 | 454 | 466 | 192 | 211 | 171 | 139 | 46 | 37 | 57 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 49 | 36 | 27 | 28 | 20 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 22 | 16
Grenada | GRD | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22 | 2
Greenland | GRL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Guatemala | GTM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 42 | 161 | 209 | 128 | 221 | 239 | 194 | 200 | 231 | 176 | 192 | 176 | 163 | 142 |  |  |  |  |  | 168 |  | 115 | 92 | 106 | 76 | 82 | 75 | 97 | 104 | 79 | 94 | 99 | 77 | 142 | 175 | 218 | 267 | 250 | 285 | 293 | 296 | 266 | 388 | 500 | 99 | 306 | 322 | 374 | 327
Guam | GUM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Guyana | GUY | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 3 |  |  | 6
High income | HIC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 232982 | 228209 | 268015 | 305747 | 307443 | 326417 | 340758 | 337355 | 330187 | 330549 | 337875 | 328260 | 296587 | 278166 | 278352 | 264454 | 238301 | 231880 |  |  | 208089 | 202757 | 197493 | 189614 | 192390 | 210151 | 214090 | 206064 | 195427 | 212443 | 194329 | 197997 | 252394 | 276983 | 294747 | 303086 | 320298 | 339959 | 384157 | 378290 | 371983 | 388660 | 417796 | 448723 | 466081 | 471576 | 445312 | 466476 | 482209
Hong Kong SAR, China | HKG | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 871 | 810 | 955 | 1027 | 1107 | 1056 | 886 | 1060 | 1076 | 1248 | 1186 | 1619 | 1938 | 2059 | 2359 | 14539 | 5998 | 8244 | 8840 | 9018 | 8995 | 9878 | 11607 | 13618 | 13606 | 13489 | 11708 | 11569 | 13312
Honduras | HND | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 59 | 79 | 57 | 13 |  | 178 | 19 | 55 |  | 40 |  | 183 | 24 | 19 | 16 |  | 31 | 27 |  | 17 |  | 30 |  |  | 40 | 126 |  |  | 148 | 135 | 155 | 161 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 253
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) | HPC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Croatia | HRV | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1010 | 746 | 584 | 335 | 356 | 439 | 352 | 144 | 538 | 599 | 703 | 699 | 839 | 649 | 119 | 93 | 71 | 68 | 21 | 21
Haiti | HTI | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 19 | 25 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 | 24 | 7 |  | 13 |  | 24 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 4 |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  | 6 |  |  | 5
Hungary | HUN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 473 | 691 | 920 | 1215 | 1398 | 1662 | 1924 | 1981 | 2088 | 2149 | 2235 | 2033 | 1861 | 1528 | 1468 | 1547 | 1671 | 1571 | 1528 | 1559 | 1530 | 1606 | 1531 | 1606 | 1630 | 1629 | 1666 | 1976 | 1799 | 1633 | 1323 | 1328 | 1793 | 850 | 888 | 904 | 3779 | 4127 | 4529 | 5064 | 4054 | 1909 | 497 | 206 | 102 | 89 | 30 | 47 | 36
Indonesia | IDN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 155 |  | 115 | 132 |  | 178 | 266 | 276 | 325 |  | 486 | 518 | 494 | 464 | 397 | 463 | 465 | 475 |  | 636 | 682 | 559 | 731 | 591 | 601 |  | 661 |  | 1280 | 3905 | 2031 | 2305 | 2813 | 3957 | 3939 | 1753 | 2784 | 3733 | 3714 | 3609 | 3099 | 3441 | 4069 | 4324 |  |  | 4103 | 5122 | 5297
Isle of Man | IMN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
India | IND | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | 3782 | 4515 |  | 4798 | 4799 | 5054 | 4535 | 4065 | 4141 | 4158 | 3864 | 2929 | 2373 | 2372 | 2265 | 1917 | 1769 | 1702 | 1799 | 1857 | 1817 | 1834 | 1948 |  | 2291 | 2493 | 2497 | 2520 | 2504 | 2600 | 2673 | 2328 | 2176 | 2511 | 3212 | 5021 | 6901 | 8229 | 6707 | 2620 | 6332 | 8213 | 8772 | 9188 | 13452 | 19661 | 23242 | 28922 | 30387 | 27025 | 30909 | 33450
Not classified | INX | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Ireland | IRL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 1182 | 1200 | 1206 | 1381 | 1441 | 1427 | 1540 | 1457 | 1447 | 1558 | 2088 | 2413 | 2505 | 2502 | 2319 | 2250 | 2181 | 2355 | 2649 | 2676 | 2527 | 2721 | 2614 | 2678 | 2846 | 3174 | 3494 | 4001 | 3794 | 2203 | 229 | 198 | 150 | 134 | 144 | 123 | 118 | 155 | 150 | 68 | 77 | 58 | 75 | 97 | 78 | 76 | 53 | 59 | 67
Iran, Islamic Rep. | IRN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 276 | 408 | 466 | 492 | 616 | 640 | 761 | 710 | 627 | 681 | 784 | 1283 | 2945 | 1937 | 1687 | 1667 | 756 | 493 | 321 | 273 | 280 | 312 | 223 |  | 165 | 173 | 170 | 173 | 165 | 175 | 164 | 131 | 129 | 227 | 115 | 159 | 177 | 206 | 302 | 285 | 355 | 356 | 443 | 557
Iraq | IRQ | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 142 | 32 | 62 |  | 167 | 173 | 113 | 92 | 199 | 229 | 75 | 107 | 173 | 169 | 116 | 157 | 183 | 126 | 107 | 129 | 128 | 94 | 77 | 54 | 49 | 52 | 75 |  |  | 25 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 18
Iceland | ISL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 53 | 52 |  | 71 | 78 | 82 | 56 | 59 | 65 | 64 | 43 | 55 | 34 | 48 | 41 | 43 | 45 | 58 | 79 | 62 | 62 | 70 | 71 | 92 | 91 | 110 | 87 | 113 | 99 | 121 | 112 | 108 | 49 | 75 | 216 | 254 | 357 | 825 | 713 | 379 | 748 | 463 | 545 | 326 | 53 | 31 | 22 | 19 | 21
Israel | ISR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 1608 | 1727 | 1785 | 1892 | 1765 | 1816 | 2060 | 2048 | 2162 | 2331 | 2349 | 2094 | 1915 | 1863 | 2021 | 1989 | 2120 | 2104 | 2132 | 2207 | 2295 | 2690 | 2727 | 2830 | 3035 | 2859 | 3048 | 2856 | 2630 | 2327 | 2635 | 2701 | 3159 | 2101 | 1445 | 3106 | 3904 | 5203 | 8627 | 5095 | 4569 | 4870 | 4808 | 7239 | 6394 | 6214 | 5387 | 5856 | 5526
Italy | ITA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | 15445 |  |  | 18895 |  |  | 22627 | 22337 | 24152 | 25870 | 24587 | 23630 | 24083 | 22612 | 21423 | 17995 |  |  |  |  | 9971 |  |  | 12080 |  | 7851 |  |  | 8000 |  |  |  | 486 | 483 | 439 |  | 1678 |  |  | 1172 | 1396 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 870 | 861 | 903 | 846 | 927
Jamaica | JAM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 21 |  | 13 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 145 | 153 | 117 | 90 | 98 | 53 | 74 | 67 |  |  |  | 93 | 93 |  |  | 101 |  |  | 77 | 39 | 59 | 64 | 60 | 54 | 77 | 61 |  |  | 90 | 72 | 54 | 41 | 61 | 59 | 132 | 157 | 121 | 110 | 142 | 93
Jordan | JOR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 25 |  | 62 | 50 | 36 | 49 | 22 |  | 35 | 26 | 38 | 59 | 70 | 28 | 34 |  | 49 | 68 | 91 | 24 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 61 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 127 | 147 | 117 | 157 | 141 | 169 | 428 | 507 | 535 | 446 | 429 | 360
Japan | JPN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 17914 | 19424 | 21127 | 23084 | 23643 | 25596 | 28454 | 30318 | 27360 | 29072 | 29593 | 27810 | 24703 | 25254 | 25015 | 24575 | 23946 | 25290 |  |  | 24977 | 26119 | 25503 | 26030 | 25976 | 26984 | 27787 | 27752 | 26026 | 24699 | 23726 | 21940 | 35061 | 37629 | 52407 | 44716 | 46926 | 35342 | 57433 | 56601 | 54909 | 54665 | 59118 | 61614 | 62793 | 60892 | 53281 | 54517 | 55030
Kazakhstan | KAZ | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 1205 | 183 | 342 | 325 | 303 | 159 | 111 | 116 | 99 |  | 102 |  | 103 | 124 |  | 162 | 314 | 273 | 317
Kenya | [NAME] | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  | 90 | 93 | 104 | 89 | 161 | 102 | 122 | 129 | 120 | 126 | 101 | 93 | 122 | 101 | 99 | 96 | 75 | 76 | 100 | 122 | 98 | 107 | 108 | 55 | 65 |  | 20 |  | 37 |  |  | 38 | 40 | 34 | 30 |  |  | 49 | 73 | 53 | 59 | 41 | 91 | 89 | 123 | 120
Kyrgyz Republic | KGZ | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 259 | 29 | 142 | 55 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 |  |  |  | 3 | 3 |  | 6
Cambodia | KHM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17 | 22 | 23 | 18
Kiribati | KIR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2
St. Kitts and Nevis | KNA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Korea, Rep. | KOR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | 66 | 58 | 68 | 103 | 164 | 159 | 177 | 322 | 377 | 544 | 644 | 623 | 618 | 776 | 3362 | 1588 | 1825 | 1962 | 3026 | 3688 | 3829 | 3984 | 4368 | 4795 | 6636 | 7883 | 9115 | 12186 | 14355 | 16295 | 16738 | 14880 | 15122 | 15044 | 17158 | 19271 | 21921 | 25325 | 24637 | 24672 | 29179 | 30898 | 29566 | 28338 | 34865 | 38733 | 40713 | 43768 | 43518 | 36207 | 38296 | 40890
Kosovo | KSV | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Kuwait | KWT | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30 | 85 | 106 | 111
Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) | LAC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  | 12452 | 13789 | 14510 | 20956 |  | 21712 | 17182 | 22200 | 18566 | 17194 |  |  | 16950 |  | 17498 | 17167 | 18174 | 16149 | 14313 | 13580 | 9977 | 9937 | 10710 | 9235 | 10482 | 13211 | 13395 | 16116 | 17337 | 20011 | 14971 | 20287 | 27203 | 24147 | 35623 | 39035 | 34434 | 31814 | 32463 | 34932 | 38302 | 44836 | 43374 | 44985 | 35578 | 38839
Lao PDR | LAO | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  | 22 |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 12 | 4 | 13
Lebanon | LBN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 135 | 128 | 118 | 152 | 169 | 185 | 189 | 155 | 192 | 182 | 196 | 186
Liberia | LBR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11 |  | 21
Libya | LBY | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  | 99 | 152 | 153 | 161 | 154 |  |  |  |  | 100 | 86 | 138 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 24 | 47 | 22 |  | 21 | 21 | 37 | 23
St. Lucia | LCA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14 | 10 |  | 5 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  | 1 |  |  | 4 | 5 |  |  |  |  | 7
Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) | LCN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  | 13513 | 15145 | 15885 | 22419 |  | 23088 | 18368 | 23172 | 19491 | 18227 |  |  | 17804 |  | 18444 | 18232 | 19234 | 17104 | 15134 | 14402 | 10674 | 10690 | 11432 | 10033 | 11275 | 13878 | 14397 | 17288 | 18725 | 21650 | 16790 | 22350 | 30138 | 27291 | 38944 | 42640 | 37805 | 34741 | 35395 | 38216 | 41818 | 48807 | 47942 | 49476 | 37781 | 40436
Least developed countries: UN classification | LDC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Low income | LIC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
[NAME] | LIE | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
[NAME] | LKA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 121 | 175 | 156 | 143 | 188 | 143 | 166 | 118 | 133 | 145 | 90 | 133 | 99 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 174 | 67 | 102 | 76 | 85 | 78 | 80 | 103 | 90 | 92 | 94 | 83 | 92 | 91 | 77 | 57 | 113 | 180 | 42 | 158 | 248 | 250 | 236 | 202 | 189 | 195 | 211 | 270 | 279 | 264 | 200 | 235
Lower middle income | LMC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 6366 | 8355 | 8888 | 8867 | 8154 | 8368 | 8576 | 7231 | 7263 | 5737 | 5945 | 6403 | 6209 | 6403 | 5335 | 6252 | 5779 | 5694 |  | 5862 |  | 5596 | 6570 | 5829 | 5840 |  | 6057 | 6414 | 6973 | 9712 | 10938 | 10704 | 14708 | 18531 | 20475 | 17972 | 15051 | 20160 | 21205 | 18796 | 19481 | 25536 | 33854 | 39520 | 42976 | 44493 | 42636 | 50312 | 52097
Low & middle income | LMY | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32242 | 29306 | 33222 |  | 33366 | 37524 | 37583 | 42757 | 50732 | 55386 | 56629 | 70073 | 83027 | 98946 | 106571 | 107842 | 114840 | 114033 | 122489 | 145467 | 172976 | 191340 | 195660 | 204842 | 180529 | 200541 | 198873
[NAME] | LSO | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 14 |  |  |  |  |  | 2
Lithuania | LTU | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 117 | 1036 | 180 | 27 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 71 | 61 | 55 | 46 | 49 | 44 | 47 | 34 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 15
Luxembourg | LUX | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | 1399 | 1352 |  | 2130 | 2515 | 2406 | 2493 | 2406 | 2463 | 2307 | 2087 | 2069 | 2123 | 2200 | 2398 | 2444 | 2301 | 2209 | 1825 | 1210 | 897 | 708 | 616 |  | 496 | 439 | 407 | 300 | 248 | 169 | 165 | 119 |  | 166 | 74 | 69 | 77 | 102 | 68 | 86 | 91 | 70 | 42 | 8 | 18 | 64 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 43
Latvia | LVA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 70 | 163 | 87 | 90 | 273 | 40 | 90 | 91 | 81 | 63 | 64 | 24 | 43 | 57 | 37 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10
Macao SAR, China | MAC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 12 |  | 22 | 119 | 131 | 291 | 208 | 123 | 58 | 56
St. Martin (French part) | MAF | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Morocco | MAR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 338 | 320 | 374 | 347 | 419 | 385 | 361 | 367 | 301 | 341 | 311 | 337 | 316 | 366 | 365 | 354 | 362 | 315 | 299 | 284 | 300 | 294 | 255 | 225 | 234 | 238 | 204 | 268 | 301 |  | 256 | 253 | 292 | 237 |  | 401 |  |  |  |  |  | 457 | 520 | 732 | 782 | 834 | 856 | 882 | 880
Monaco | MCO | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 38 | 48 | 62 | 44 | 54 | 45 | 72 | 36 | 24 | 45 | 49 | 41 | 25 | 43 | 46 | 47 | 50 | 54 | 56 | 37 | 46 | 51 | 54 | 40 | 55 | 67 | 50 | 56 | 42 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3
Moldova | MDA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 36 | 296 | 39 | 135 | 57 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 11
Madagascar | MDG | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 20 | 16 | 23 | 36 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 38 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 35 | 40 | 67 | 63 | 43 | 34 | 58
Maldives | MDV | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) | MEA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  | 3644 | 4109 | 4440 | 4884 | 4360 | 4692 | 4607 | 4756 | 4978 | 4997 | 5562 | 7165 | 5778 | 5566 | 5662 | 5020 | 4562 | 4332 | 4087 | 4249 | 4720 | 4191 |  | 4216 | 4129 | 4433 | 4674 | 4384 | 3997 | 4630 | 4633 | 5382 | 4477 |  | 6609 | 6911 | 7914 | 11096 | 7432 | 6659 | 7626 | 8126
Mexico | MEX | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 4111 | 1732 | 5117 | 5747 | 5811 | 11944 | 7404 | 7241 | 6055 | 7907 | 3515 | 2523 | 3843 | 7370 | 3188 | 3676 | 4448 | 4768 | 5232 | 4763 | 3861 | 3771 | 3091 | 3071 | 3509 | 3748 | 3817 | 4400 | 4707 | 7130 | 7659 | 9446 | 4802 | 6370 | 3544 | 3254 | 11655 | 12630 | 13031 | 12536 | 11739 | 12633 | 13851 | 14931 | 15970 | 15896 | 13459 | 13625 | 12990
Marshall Islands | MHL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Middle income | MIC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 31728 | 28846 | 32699 |  | 33001 | 37198 | 37308 | 42470 | 50448 | 54829 | 56229 | 69567 | 82819 | 98648 | 106252 | 107503 | 114222 | 113687 | 122113 | 145113 | 172498 | 190889 | 195105 | 204409 | 180032 | 200063 | 198540
Macedonia, FYR | MKD | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50 | 178 | 76 | 13 | 118 | 60 | 2 | 53 | 59 | 209 | 418 | 415 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 406 | 11 | 1 | 3
[NAME] | MLI | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2
Malta | MLT | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 23 | 16 | 35 | 23 | 38 | 51 | 42 | 43 | 27 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 72 | 93 | 107 | 180 |  | 471 |  | 805 | 29 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6
Myanmar | MMR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Middle East & North Africa (developing only) | MNA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  | 1901 | 2289 | 2525 | 3081 | 2493 | 2590 | 2496 | 2537 | 2542 | 2519 | 3305 | 5234 | 3902 | 3533 | 3629 | 2842 | 2394 | 2155 | 1824 | 1910 | 1950 | 1428 |  | 1164 | 1256 | 1314 | 1362 | 1241 | 1012 | 1250 | 1224 | 1492 | 1548 |  | 2191 | 1791 | 1821 | 1679 | 1605 | 1603 | 1890 | 2944
Montenegro | MNE | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 914 |  | 136 | 83
Mongolia | MNG | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 32 | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 52 | 23 | 3 | 32 |  |  | 76 | 105 | 86 | 86 | 87 | 110 |  |  | 67 | 69
Northern Mariana Islands | MNP | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Mozambique | MOZ | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 18 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 22
Mauritania | MRT | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
[NAME] | MUS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | 3 | 36 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 8 |  |  | 5 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 12 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22
[NAME] | MWI | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  | 97 | 111 | 89 | 97 | 100 | 80 | 61 | 74 | 67 | 74 | 51 | 63 | 51 | 29 | 35 | 35 | 51 | 41 | 49 | 37 | 26 | 35 | 39 | 53 | 33 | 34 | 33 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 33 | 30 | 26 | 18 |  | 17 | 313
Malaysia | MYS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 243 |  | 218 | 175 | 179 |  | 281 |  |  |  |  | 407 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1329 | 233 | 3195 | 1547 | 1803 | 2213 | 2321 | 2260 | 2684 | 3364 | 3911 | 5354 | 6272 | 5770 | 5624 | 6021 | 5663 | 4615 | 4686 | 4920 | 5764 | 4269 | 1702 | 4485 | 4503 | 5152 | 5376
North America | NAC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | 39417 | 40280 |  | 43860 | 45921 | 48389 | 49909 | 52009 | 54286 | 59713 | 60378 | 62164 | 60823 | 64113 | 65291 | 61806 | 61367 | 62186 | 62606 | 62475 | 64930 | 67276 | 70192 | 68002 | 74152 | 77044 | 81317 | 90120 | 97513 | 108397 | 104895 | 105257 | 113872 | 107548 | 109392 | 128341 | 130041 | 126520 | 132409 | 149701 | 166535 | 184711 | 185982 | 186799 | 200377 | 217571 | 240698 | 249940 | 261761 | 263604 | 279148 | 286189
Namibia | NAM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 158 | 130 |  | 120
New Caledonia | NCL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
[NAME] | NER | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Nigeria | NGA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  | 127 |  | 173 |  | 138 |  | 165 | 387 |  |  |  | 401 | 428 |  | 506 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 431 |  |  |  |  | 246
Nicaragua | NIC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 59 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 216 |  |  |  | 128 |  | 86 | 113 | 103 |  |  |  |  | 64 | 49 | 33 | 39 |  |  |  |  |  | 39 | 34 |  | 35 |  |  |  | 136 | 129
Netherlands | NLD | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | 10409 | 11159 |  | 13225 | 13206 | 14779 | 15894 | 15401 | 16420 | 17269 | 16647 | 15912 | 15589 | 15728 | 14966 | 13301 | 12782 | 12669 | 10669 | 7384 | 5532 | 4228 | 3212 | 2611 | 2139 | 1658 | 1464 | 1201 | 1068 | 993 | 764 | 595 | 555 | 560 | 501 | 569 | 633 | 637 | 549 | 506 | 529 | 543 | 481 | 573 | 556 | 633 | 548 | 367 | 311 | 279 | 240 | 310
High income: nonOECD | NOC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2145 | 15246 | 8158 | 7949 | 12769 | 24267 | 18690 | 31653 | 22904 | 27248 | 28702 | 28551 | 28390 | 27758 | 30443 | 34602 | 37128 | 38023 | 33775 | 35825 | 38608
Norway | NOR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 3459 | 3841 | 4029 | 4209 | 4048 | 4262 | 4313 | 4069 | 4131 | 3990 | 4215 | 3985 | 3679 | 3605 | 3710 | 3665 | 3557 | 3247 | 3785 | 3733 | 4068 | 4332 | 3694 | 3519 | 4616 | 4933 | 4324 | 4745 | 4213 | 4120 | 3886 | 4072 | 4280 | 4336 | 4959 | 5006 | 5255 | 5389 | 5242 | 5109 | 4782 | 4348 | 4843 | 4957 | 5431 | 4280 | 2358 | 696 | 654
Nepal | NPL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 2 |  | 2 | 1 | 1 |  |  |  | 3 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5
New Zealand | NZL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 2330 | 2515 | 2662 | 2877 | 2721 | 2916 | 2740 | 2676 | 2522 | 2435 | 2584 | 2418 | 2089 | 2092 | 2080 | 2100 | 2087 | 2290 | 2424 | 2547 | 2683 | 3011 | 2967 | 3128 | 3368 | 3622 | 3660 | 3869 | 3550 | 3390 | 1866 | 2517 | 3435 | 6192 | 8259 | 4519 | 6541 | 5585 | 5507 | 5109 | 5028 | 4900 | 5112 | 5212 | 5952 | 4468 | 4803 | 5051 | 4708
High income: OECD | OEC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 232793 | 227667 | 267755 | 305129 | 306974 | 325557 | 339934 | 336468 | 329255 | 329628 | 337290 | 327618 | 296133 | 277736 | 277398 | 263350 | 236920 | 230685 | 183364 | 178578 | 206056 | 200615 | 195255 | 188324 | 191110 | 208838 | 212972 | 204424 | 193282 | 197197 | 186171 | 190048 | 239625 | 252716 | 276057 | 271433 | 297394 | 312711 | 355455 | 349739 | 343593 | 360902 | 387353 | 414121 | 428953 | 433553 | 411537 | 430651 | 443601
OECD members | OED | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 237861 | 230690 | 274432 | 312923 | 314996 | 339708 | 349823 | 346237 | 337967 | 339684 | 343650 | 332745 | 302349 | 287232 | 282713 | 269002 | 243524 | 237551 | 190492 | 185285 | 211447 | 206439 | 200338 | 193553 | 197009 | 214962 | 219341 | 211890 | 200845 | 207023 | 196210 | 202038 | 247740 | 260671 | 281816 | 277867 | 315572 | 332624 | 375890 | 368763 | 359734 | 375679 | 401919 | 429418 | 445236 | 449714 | 425203 | 444500 | 456855
Oman | OMN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Other small states | OSS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Pakistan | PAK | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  | 1204 | 1231 | 1323 | 1209 | 1196 | 1129 |  | 818 | 646 | 565 | 542 | 482 | 450 | 454 | 456 | 375 | 369 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 524 | 502 | 605 | 617 | 574 | 678 | 799 | 1049 | 1275 | 1089 | 1149 | 1168 | 1057 | 1070 | 1008 | 1141 | 1647 | 1449 | 1375 |  | 980 | 861
Panama | PAN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 74 | 89 |  | 90 | 90 | 97 | 134 | 98 | 78 | 83 | 73 | 79 | 44 | 53 | 68 | 66 | 80 | 86 | 62 | 142 |  |  |  | 153 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 371 | 370 | 468 | 420
Peru | PER | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 740 | 452 |  | 294 |  | 411 | 333 | 306 | 280 | 375 | 294 | 266 |  | 211 | 208 | 194 | 194 |  | 219 | 216 | 262 | 254 | 369 |  | 565 | 756 |  | 944 | 1038 | 974 | 840 | 892 | 785 | 993 | 1232 | 1331 | 1504 | 657 | 261 | 1129
Philippines | PHL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 645 | 778 | 818 | 942 | 919 | 1012 | 1109 | 1018 | 1066 | 1022 | 974 | 1249 | 1123 | 1201 | 1149 | 1271 | 1327 | 1454 | 1514 | 1514 | 1613 | 1194 | 1489 | 1379 | 1568 | 1617 | 1772 | 1822 | 1774 | 1687 | 1860 | 1965 | 2207 | 2634 | 3440 | 3280 | 3217 | 3482 | 2470 | 705 | 1732 | 2538 | 2141 | 3034 | 3248 | 3095 | 2825 | 3223 | 3010
Palau | PLW | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
[NAME] | PNG | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45
Poland | POL | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 580 | 830 | 1011 | 1441 | 1641 | 1931 | 2050 | 1987 | 1903 | 2124 | 2043 | 2558 | 2495 | 2212 | 2023 | 1784 | 1800 | 1644 | 1188 | 990 | 783 | 798 | 770 | 713 | 769 | 763 | 843 | 1315 | 1086 | 1354 | 1013 | 1327 | 1265 | 1297 | 3950 | 4128 | 4671 | 4899 | 4328 | 4292 | 3973 | 5359 | 4555 | 655 | 361 | 290 | 241 | 227 | 244
Puerto Rico | PRI | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Korea, Dem. Rep. | PRK | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2312 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 | 32 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 8 | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 66 | 56 | 76 |  | 55 | 39
Portugal | PRT | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 1347 | 1371 | 1048 | 1459 | 1378 | 1304 | 1623 | 1817 | 1863 | 2002 | 1753 | 1503 | 1404 | 1293 | 1324 | 1438 | 1510 | 1731 | 1843 | 1734 | 1760 | 1756 | 1906 | 2191 | 2258 | 2410 | 3311 | 3541 | 3453 | 1138 | 180 | 88 | 120 | 76 | 101 | 61 | 114 | 65 | 56 | 49 | 40 | 64 | 47 | 36 | 31 | 24 | 46 | 46 | 75
Paraguay | PRY | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50 | 32 | 35 |  |  |  | 34 | 36 |  | 44 | 71 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 211 | 253 | 171 | 173 | 187 | 241 | 364 | 295 | 265 | 246 | 347
Pacific island small states | PSS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 27
French Polynesia | PYF | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Qatar | QAT | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Romania | [NAME] | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 237 | 240 | 401 | 725 | 1043 | 1140 | 1366 | 1261 | 1318 | 1380 | 1215 | 1325 | 1126 |  | 853 | 780 | 869 | 726 | 681 | 638 | 487 | 457 | 379 | 225 | 291 | 181 | 191 | 304 | 361 | 420 | 628 | 500 | 421 | 636 | 722 | 894 | 330 | 287 | 277 | 363 | 293 | 200 | 68 | 62 | 59 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 39
Russian Federation | RUS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 297 | 11850 | 3974 | 4495 | 6893 | 7980 | 8123 | 8299 | 7944 | 8960 | 9313 | 9596 | 9901 | 7205 | 8609 | 9807 | 11934 | 14137 | 12966 | 13778 | 14919
Rwanda | RWA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 |  |  | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |  | 3 |  |  |  |  | 4
South Asia | SAS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | 3782 | 4515 |  | 4919 | 6183 | 6441 | 6001 | 5462 | 5480 | 5453 | 3982 | 3880 | 3164 | 3029 | 3168 | 2498 | 2425 | 2331 | 2459 | 2506 | 2355 | 2069 | 2131 |  | 2473 | 2670 | 2677 | 2708 | 2705 | 2770 | 3356 | 2999 | 2963 | 3279 | 3933 | 5973 | 7880 | 9320 | 8324 | 4157 | 7979 | 9853 | 10277 | 10707 | 14923 | 21307 | 25447 | 30920 | 32304 | 27500 | 32400 | 34585
Saudi Arabia | SAU | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 58 | 439 | 492 | 605 | 729 | 687 | 718 | 810 | 1001 | 1286 | 1144 | 797 | 683 | 552 | 487 | 395 | 374 | 419 | 642 |  |  | 643 | 643
Sudan | SDN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 67 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 26 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 16 | 13 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 13
Senegal | SEN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Singapore | SGP | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  | 124 | 160 | 262 | 250 | 289 | 334 | 365 |  |  |  |  | 529 | 632 | 864 | 631 | 603 |  | 852 | 927 | 1003 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2412 | 12357 | 6048 | 6367 | 6679 | 7720 | 8133 | 7575 | 7248 | 7944 | 8036 | 8537 | 9255 | 8899 | 7986 | 8878 | 8738
Solomon Islands | SLB | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2
Sierra Leone | SLE | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 19 | 21 | 39 | 12 | 24 |  |  | 25 | 22 | 24 |  | 26 |  |  | 9 |  | 25 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5
El Salvador | SLV | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 130 | 31 | 99 | 127 | 79 |  | 61 | 84 | 65 | 40 |  |  |  | 34 | 44 | 26 | 97 | 75 | 76 | 64
[NAME] | SMR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Somalia | SOM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 78 |  |  | 5 | 7 |  | 8 | 16 | 19 |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 7
Serbia | SRB | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 694 | 609 | 273 | 121 | 237 | 40 | 39 | 49
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | SSA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
South Sudan | SSD | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) | SSF | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Small states | SST | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Sao Tome and Principe | STP | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Suriname | SUR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Slovak Republic | SVK | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 681 | 620 | 1400 | 1498 | 1578 | 1612 | 1683 | 1804 | 1696 | 1599 | 1437 | 238 | 95 | 90 | 106 | 75 | 63 | 48 | 33
Slovenia | SVN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 409 | 784 | 404 | 116 | 201 | 238 | 127 | 138 | 124 | 107 | 101 | 60 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 11
Sweden | SWE | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 10340 | 11515 | 12265 | 13189 | 12839 | 13338 | 13825 | 13515 | 12610 | 12751 | 12769 | 11933 | 10757 | 10622 | 10476 | 8917 | 6625 | 5086 | 3968 | 3442 | 2958 | 2705 | 2322 | 1939 | 1695 | 1462 | 1270 | 1073 | 702 | 657 | 614 | 636 | 924 | 857 | 940 | 753 | 853 | 844 | 574 | 597 | 703 | 462 | 438 | 413 | 398 | 306 | 463 | 353 | 337
Swaziland | SWZ | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15 | 11 |  |  | 14 | 27 |  |  |  |  |  | 35 | 30 |  |  |  | 27 |  |  | 47
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | SXM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Seychelles | SYC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 |  | 3 | 1 | 2 |  |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | 6
Syrian Arab Republic | SYR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 126 |  | 138 | 156 | 144 | 108 | 126 | 104 | 121 | 107 | 85 | 84 | 93 |  |  | 111 | 115 | 98 | 76 | 81 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 33 | 40 | 42 | 68 | 59 | 46 | 9 |  | 48 | 39 | 47 | 36 | 40 | 34 | 133
Turks and Caicos Islands | TCA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Chad | TCD | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Togo | TGO | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Thailand | THA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15 | 202 | 306 | 331 | 512 | 619 | 652 | 634 | 814 | 1041 | 1381 | 1867 | 1907 | 1906 | 2353 | 2816 | 3387 | 4355 | 5148 | 4592 | 4438 | 4488 | 4798 | 3874 | 4329 | 4554 | 5449 | 5221 | 5873 | 5839 | 4832 | 723 | 2997
Tajikistan | TJK | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 169 | 30 | 141 | 51 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 |  | 1 | 2 | 6 |  |  |  | 1 | 3 | 1
Turkmenistan | TKM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 170 | 50 | 16 | 5
Timor-Leste | TLS | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Tonga | TON | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 113 | 130 | 129 | 114 | 155 | 125 | 100 | 113 | 161 | 128 | 95 | 145 | 126 | 105 | 127 | 117 | 118 | 123 |  | 83 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 54 | 62 | 70 | 63 | 110 | 154 | 107 | 120 | 154 | 239 | 221 | 231 | 205 | 205 | 278 | 317 | 280
Tunisia | TUN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 202 | 192 | 221 | 229 | 271 | 228 |  | 209 | 206 | 173 | 151 | 178 | 207 | 195 | 232 | 210 | 235 | 214 | 183 |  | 197 | 201 | 202 | 139 | 120 | 118 | 118 | 134 | 104 | 98 | 100 | 106 | 115 | 128 | 174 | 200 | 190 | 210 | 156 | 58 | 120 | 223 | 282
Turkey | TUR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 484 | 600 | 640 | 832 | 813 | 545 | 561 | 547 | 569 |  | 610 | 571 | 512 | 598 | 659 | 429 | 485 | 527 | 368 | 385 |  | 447 | 461 | 552 | 760 | 747 | 886 | 1090 | 1057 | 1063 | 1057 | 1216 | 1520 | 735 | 1327 | 2276 | 2744 | 3156 | 2875 | 1424 | 348 | 235 | 218 | 160 | 211 | 176 | 177 | 177 | 228
Tuvalu | TUV | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Tanzania | TZA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 58 | 76 | 65 |  | 86 |  |  |  |  | 45 |  | 65 |  | 57 | 71 |  | 42 | 88 |  | 30 | 57 |  | 30 |  |  | 37 | 23
Uganda | UGA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 44 | 63 | 61 | 54 | 74 | 55 | 80 |  | 83 | 55 | 41 | 56 | 56 | 54 | 33 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 55 | 17 | 16 | 28 | 26 |  | 21 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 11 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1
Ukraine | UKR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1909 | 555 | 1156 | 1257 | 1568 | 1631 | 1621 | 1604 | 1610 | 1153 | 1438 | 1689 | 2054 | 2416 | 2723 | 2872 | 2380 | 2756 | 2604
Upper middle income | UMC | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 25158 | 23017 | 26859 |  | 26944 | 30784 | 30335 | 32758 | 39510 | 44125 | 41521 | 51036 | 62344 | 80676 | 91201 | 87343 | 93017 | 94891 | 102632 | 119577 | 138644 | 151369 | 152129 | 159916 | 137396 | 149751 | 146443
Uruguay | URY | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  | 315 |  | 293 |  | 326 | 315 | 270 | 262 | 194 | 194 | 186 | 194 | 151 | 142 | 196 | 170 | 213 | 227 | 157 | 174 | 147 | 105 | 124 | 101 | 144 | 111 |  | 137 | 140 | 147 | 151 | 221 | 182 | 370 | 469 | 525 | 572 | 543 | 466 | 504 | 514 | 589 | 725 | 739 | 706 | 750 | 761 | 667
United States | USA | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES | 16631 | 17061 |  | 19154 | 20579 | 22312 | 21670 | 24046 | 26291 | 30407 | 30832 | 33640 | 33355 | 37144 | 38445 | 36569 | 37294 | 38068 | 39475 | 39959 | 42231 | 44009 | 46309 | 44312 | 49443 | 51562 | 55721 | 63522 | 68644 | 76337 | 80520 | 84160 | 90922 | 84241 | 95522 | 104180 | 105054 | 101282 | 102246 | 116512 | 131100 | 148958 | 150200 | 153500 | 167407 | 182866 | 204182 | 214807 | 224733 | 231194 | 248249 | 255832
Uzbekistan | UZB | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 295 | 64 | 19 | 53 | 367 |  | 361 | 213 | 443 | 203 | 171 | 205 | 180 | 186 | 198 | 186 | 174 | 262 | 274
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | VCT | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  | 2
Venezuela, RB | VEN | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  | 1294 | 1639 | 1722 | 1705 | 1867 | 2018 | 1873 | 1818 | 2201 | 2235 | 1737 | 1983 | 1903 | 2025 | 2048 | 1923 | 1831 | 1980 | 1893 | 1482 | 1359 | 1303 | 1292 | 1369 |  | 1184 | 1090 | 1128 | 1338 | 1489 | 1505 |  | 1822 | 2323 |  |  | 2292 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1565
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | VIR | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
Vietnam | VNM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | 2 |  | 2 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 49 | 193 | 270 | 659 | 929 | 1234 | 1093 | 1123 | 1263 | 1283 | 1202 | 1128 | 1390 | 1831 | 2206 | 3246 | 3163 | 2752 | 3276 | 3260
[NAME] | VUT | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
West Bank and Gaza | PSE | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES
World | WLD | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 229735 | 218920 | 225612 |  | 247456 | 243588 | 233010 | 255200 | 245061 | 253383 | 309023 | 347056 | 377774 | 402032 | 426869 | 447801 | 498997 | 492323 | 494472 | 534127 | 590772 | 640063 | 661741 | 676418 | 625841 | 667017 | 681082
Samoa | WSM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 2 | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7 | 2 |  |  | 11
Yemen, Rep. | YEM | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 12 | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 27 | 23 | 34 | 24 |  |  | 55
South Africa | ZAF | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 4292 | 4430 | 5018 | 5411 |  | 6191 |  | 6316 | 6119 | 6224 | 6073 | 5777 | 5521 | 5287 | 4762 | 4436 | 4535 | 5024 | 5694 | 6585 | 5479 | 6275 | 5849 | 5046 | 4844 | 4905 | 4842 | 4943 | 4654 | 4423 | 4282 | 4968 | 5482 | 6115 | 6917 | 7190 | 3002 | 2400 | 5427 | 5617 | 5303 | 5833 | 6001 | 6739 | 7402 | 7081 | 5913 | 5562 | 6589
Congo, Dem. Rep. | COD | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 145 |  | 131 | 142 | 140 | 122 | 136 | 184 | 118 | 114 | 87 | 100 | 74 | 93 | 66 | 86
Zambia | ZMB | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  |  |  |  | 204 | 229 | 193 | 185 | 150 | 192 | 196 | 206 | 175 | 175 | 144 | 94 | 106 | 94 | 113 | 107 | 91 | 91 | 79 | 105 | 108 | 99 | 74 | 50 | 50 | 47 | 64 | 60 |  | 39 | 36 |  |  | 34 |  | 25
Zimbabwe | ZWE | Patent applications, nonresidents | IP.PAT.NRES |  |  |  | 623 | 412 | 409 | 420 | 438 | 412 | 478 | 386 | 409 | 441 | 413 | 418 |  |  |  |  | 201 | 281 | 274 | 230 | 237 | 191 | 205 | 206 | 200 | 144 | 138 | 159 | 128 | 161 | 136 |  | 125 | 122