G7 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)

199020002005201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Japan333,230387,364367,960290,081287,580287,013271,731265,959258,839260,244260,292253,630245,372227,348222,452
France12,37813,87014,32714,74814,65514,54014,69014,50014,30614,20614,41514,30314,10312,77113,386
Germany30,72451,73648,36747,04746,98646,62047,35348,15447,38448,48047,78546,61746,63242,26039,822
Italy7,8778,8778,7948,4398,3078,6018,8488,6438,9219,22910,06110,281
United Kingdom19,31022,05017,83315,49015,34315,37014,97215,19614,86713,87613,30112,86512,06111,99011,592
Canada2,5494,1875,1834,5504,7544,7094,5674,1984,2774,0784,0534,3494,2384,4524,710
United States90,643164,795207,867241,977247,750268,782287,831285,096288,335295,327293,904285,095285,113269,586262,244