Patent applications, nonresidents - Technology - Infrastructure - World Development Indicators
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Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.
| Patent applications, nonresidents - Technology - Infrastructure - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 | High income (2006) | 432,777 |
| 2 | High income: OECD (2006) | 416,073 |
| 3 |  United States (2006) | 210,062 |
| 4 | East Asia & Pacific (2005) | 84,311 |
| 5 | China (2005) | 80,155 |
| 6 | Japan (2006) | 72,661 |
| 7 | Upper middle income (2001) | 48,428 |
| 8 | North Korea (2006) | 40,940 |
| 9 | South Korea (2006) | 40,940 |
| 10 | Canada (2006) | 37,927 |
| 11 | Australia (2006) | 24,156 |
| 12 | Brazil (2006) | 20,487 |
| 13 | Mexico (2006) | 14,976 |
| 14 | Europe & Central Asia (2006) | 13,770 |
| 15 | Germany (2006) | 13,372 |
| 16 | Russia (2006) | 9,858 |
| 17 | Singapore (2006) | 8,759 |
| 18 | United Kingdom (2006) | 8,582 |
| 19 | Israel (2006) | 7,263 |
| 20 | New Zealand (2006) | 5,248 |
| 21 | Norway (2005) | 4,843 |
| 22 | Indonesia (2005) | 4,069 |
| 23 | Philippines (2004) | 2,539 |
| 24 | Ukraine (2006) | 2,418 |
| 25 | Serbia (2002) | 1,282 |
| 26 | Vietnam (2000) | 1,210 |
| 27 | Egypt (2005) | 1,008 |
| 28 | Austria (2006) | 745 |
| 29 | Poland (2006) | 655 |
| 30 | Netherlands (1996) | 633 |
| 31 | Algeria (2006) | 608 |
| 32 | Ecuador (2005) | 580 |
| 33 | Trinidad and Tobago (2006) | 551 |
| 34 | Morocco (2005) | 521 |
| 35 | Sweden (2006) | 420 |
| 36 | Macedonia (2004) | 415 |
| 37 | Turkey (2003) | 383 |
| 38 | Belarus (2004) | 382 |
| 39 | Switzerland (2006) | 375 |
| 40 | Iceland (2006) | 330 |
| 41 | Spain (2006) | 329 |
| 42 | Georgia (2006) | 299 |
| 43 | Hungary (2006) | 209 |
| 44 | Finland (2006) | 205 |
| 45 | Czech Republic (2006) | 195 |
| 46 | Cuba (2005) | 191 |
| 47 | Denmark (2006) | 191 |
| 48 | Uzbekistan (2006) | 186 |
| 49 | Sri Lanka (1996) | 180 |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006) | 162 |
| 51 | Croatia (2006) | 122 |
| 52 | Mongolia (2006) | 110 |
| 53 | Kazakhstan (2003) | 102 |
| 54 | Slovakia (2006) | 90 |
| 55 | Luxembourg (2005) | 64 |
| 56 | Romania (2006) | 62 |
| 57 | Bulgaria (2006) | 48 |
| 58 | Slovenia (2004) | 42 |
| 59 | Madagascar (2006) | 40 |
| 60 | Latvia (2006) | 38 |
| 61 | Portugal (2006) | 36 |
| 62 | Lithuania (2006) | 35 |
| 63 | Kenya (1999) | 30 |
| 64 | Malawi (2000) | 17 |
| 65 | Turkmenistan (1998) | 16 |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan (2001) | 14 |
| 67 | Moldova (2006) | 9 |
| 68 | Estonia (2006) | 9 |
| 69 | Tajikistan (2004) | 2 |
| 70 | Armenia (2005) | 2 |
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