Patent applications - Patent applications among residents

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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
Brunei Darussalam						20	20	26		16	8	26	8	5	2
Cambodia							1	2		3		1
Indonesia		157	235	508	533		663	702	1,058	1,101	2,271	1,407	3,093	1,309	1,397
Korea, Rep.	9,082	72,831	122,188	131,805	138,034	148,136	159,978	164,073	167,275	163,424	159,084	162,561	171,603	180,477	186,245
Lao PDR			3				1	1	1		3	1
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
Mongolia			100	110			133	139	109	112	124	82	84	66	109
Papua New Guinea									1
Philippines	147	154	210	170	186	162	220	334	375	327	323	529	501	476	490
Singapore		516	569	895	1,056	1,081	1,143	1,303	1,469	1,601	1,609	1,575	1,727	1,778	2,024
Thailand	73	561	891	1,214	927	1,020	1,572	1,006	1,029	1,098	979	904	865	863	867
Vietnam	58	34	180	306	300	382	443	487	582	560	592	646	720	1,021	1,066
Azerbaijan			281	254	193	144	156	168	184	144	204	155	147	90	119
Belarus		994	1,166	1,759	1,725	1,681	1,489	652	543	455	434	453	298	317	276
Uzbekistan		755	264	370	282	257	299	345	288	353	357	470	374	356	413
Antigua and Barbuda												5
Barbados							3	1						29	73
Bolivia								9		12	59			8	5
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
Cuba			105		62	38	27	24		32	29	29	27	33	21
Dominican Republic		5	8	15	15	19	12	16	25	28	20	17	23	10	7
Ecuador		10	11	4			7	24	20	45	16	34	29	33	35
Guatemala	27	54	17	7	4	7	4	10	7	3	3	6	7	7	9
Guyana								1		1		2			40
Haiti					1	2		2
Honduras	6	4			2	8	6		4	10	4	8
Jamaica	4	11	10	14	20	25	22	33	7	19	11	26	14	10	16
Nicaragua		14			2	4	3	1
Panama	15	7			21		9	13	14	68	33	135	34	22	35
Peru	49	40	27	39	39	54	73	83	67	72	100	89	137	125	94
St. Lucia										5	3	2
Bahamas, The	2					3	1	1	2	3	4
Trinidad and Tobago			1			2		4	3	3		4	1	1	2
Venezuela, RB	262	56	121	70	61	65	74	55	47	35	96
Algeria	6	32	59	76	94	119	118	94	89	106	149	152	113	163	268
Bahrain					1	3	3	6	8	6	8	11	4	7	3
Djibouti							1								3
Egypt, Arab Rep.	278	534	428	605	618	683	641	752	718	920	1,025	997	1,027	978	881
Iran, Islamic Rep.	182	410	4,051	11,108	11,529	10,622	11,305	13,683		14,930	15,264	11,908	11,569	11,396	10,210
Iraq									335		613	653	737	635
Jordan		71	49	45	40	48	35	40	41	22	26	24	21	36	25
Kuwait										13		1
Lebanon							105	80	110
Libya	10
Morocco	61	104	140	152	169	197	316	355	224	237	198	187	199	250	254
Oman									5	3	4	16	30	11	30
Qatar						3	9	5		16	19		39	81	47
Saudi Arabia	16	76	119	288	347		491	652	715	1,070	909	1,078	1,188	1,294	1,398
Syrian Arab Republic		247	105						198		120	103	121	76	102
Tunisia	27	47	56	113	137	150	112	142	180	235	172	180
United Arab Emirates				25	33	23	21	29	35	57	63	57	55	39	69
Yemen, Rep.		7	20	20	7	36	43	29	5	16	15		60	60	20
Bangladesh	32	70	50	66	37	67	60	44	41	77	61	69	68	40	74
Bhutan						3	3		1	4		1	1
India	1,147	2,206	4,721	8,853	8,841	9,553	10,669	12,040	12,579	13,199	14,961	16,289	19,454	23,141	26,267
Nepal					8	4	18	10	11	11	20
Pakistan	23	46	143	114	92	96	151	146	209	204	193	306	313	338	426
Sri Lanka	23	71	149	225	194		328		218	280	277	343	356	353	266
Angola												6	2
Botswana					1	5	8	4	3	1	3		2	2	3
Burkina Faso		2	1	2
Burundi											3	2		2
Cabo Verde										2	2	3		1	1
Cote d'Ivoire						26
Congo, Dem. Rep.												44	42	72
Ethiopia		3	1		4		1	2	18	10	14	13		6
Ghana										14	15	13		12
Kenya			34	77	135	123	127	132	137	144	135	244	294	341	160
Lesotho												4	1
Madagascar		7	7	9	3	4	4	5	3	6	9	9		6	6
Malawi		3							6	3
Mauritius	1				1	4	2	3	1	2	1	16	4	6	6
Mozambique				15	8	14	13	14	24	15	24	34	23	26	30
Namibia	5								13	18	10	21	8
Nigeria	12				64	42	50			85	100	382	439	410
Rwanda						40		5	5	3	4	6			14
Seychelles														3
South Africa	1,093	895	1,003	821	656	608	638	802	889	704	728	657	567	542	1,804
Sudan		6	6	252	249		269		267	284	281	349	238	153
Tanzania									1
Uganda			3				10	5	9	16	25	6	14	13	14
Zambia	7		5	5	3	7	13	14	20	15	12	11	2	17	13
Zimbabwe	44								9	8

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