Patent applications - Patent applications among residents - Ranking

Cairns Group Topics Research and Development Patent applications

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office.

Patent applications among residents (number)

	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Australia	1,712	1,928	2,555	2,409	2,383	2,627	3,061	1,988	2,291	2,620	2,503	2,757	2,637	2,368	2,966
Malaysia	92	206	522	1,231	1,076	1,114	1,199	1,353	1,272	1,109	1,166	1,116	1,071	989	883
New Zealand	802	1,463	1,893	1,585	1,501	1,425	1,614	1,636	1,184	1,075	1,014	1,017	324	348	330
Philippines	147	154	210	170	186	162	220	334	375	327	323	529	501	476	490
Argentina	955	1,062	1,054	552	688	735	643	509	546	884	393	425	442	930	406
Brazil	2,389	3,179	4,054	4,228	4,695	4,798	4,959	4,659	4,641	5,200	5,480	4,980	5,464	5,280	4,666
Costa Rica	15	28	17	8	13	9	18	15	17	9	19	8	16	12	15
Chile	169	241	361	328	339	336	340	452	443	386	425	406	438	372	402
Colombia		75	99	133	183	213	251	260	321	545	595	415	422	369	432
Guatemala	27	54	17	7	4	7	4	10	7	3	3	6	7	7	9
Uruguay		44	24	23	20	22		37	26		23
Canada	2,549	4,187	5,183	4,550	4,754	4,709	4,567	4,198	4,277	4,078	4,053	4,349	4,238	4,452	4,710
Pakistan	23	46	143	114	92	96	151	146	209	204	193	306	313	338	426
Peru	49	40	27	39	39	54	73	83	67	72	100	89	137	125	94
Thailand	73	561	891	1,214	927	1,020	1,572	1,006	1,029	1,098	979	904	865	863	867
Indonesia		157	235	508	533		663	702	1,058	1,101	2,271	1,407	3,093	1,309	1,397
South Africa	1,093	895	1,003	821	656	608	638	802	889	704	728	657	567	542	1,804
Vietnam	58	34	180	306	300	382	443	487	582	560	592	646	720	1,021	1,066
Paraguay	16	11	24	18								34	4	14	10