P5 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 nonresidents (number)

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China4,30526,56079,84298,111110,583117,464120,200127,042133,612133,522135,885148,187157,093152,342159,019
France4,2603,4832,9481,8322,0992,0922,1962,0331,9942,0121,8321,9191,7661,5421,373
Russian Federation8,9608,60913,77814,91915,51016,14916,23616,24814,79214,10613,03112,17411,22511,408
United Kingdom8,92810,69710,1556,4396,9167,8657,9667,8447,9348,1838,7718,0767,1898,6597,263
United States80,520131,100182,866248,249255,832274,033283,781293,706301,075310,244313,052312,046336,340327,586329,229