Table 10. Patents Issued by the United States to Residents of Foreign Countries /1
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TABLE 10
PATENTS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES TO RESIDENTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES /1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Residence |
1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
FN
|
2000 |
2001
|
| Total |
53,682
|
68,796
|
70,047
|
81,675
|
86,203
|
|
|
Albania |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Algeria |
-
|
-
|
1
|
/2
|
-
|
1
|
| Andorra |
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Anguilla |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Antigua & Barbuda |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Argentina |
41
|
41
|
45
|
65
|
58
|
|
| Armenia |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Aruba |
2
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
|
| Australia |
592
|
754
|
795
|
885
|
1,041
|
|
| Austria |
391
|
413
|
443
|
544
|
653
|
|
| Azerbaijan |
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Bahamas |
5
|
13
|
12
|
13
|
12
|
|
| Bahrain /2 |
1
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
|
| Barbados |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
|
| Belarus |
4
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
|
| Belgium |
559
|
713
|
667
|
807
|
805
|
|
| Bermuda |
1
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
5
|
|
| Bolivia |
-
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
|
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Brazil |
72
|
79
|
87
|
122
|
127
|
|
| British Virgin Islands |
-
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Bulgaria |
4
|
2
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
|
| Canada |
2,803
|
3,302
|
3,498
|
4,060
|
4,157
|
|
| Cayman Islands |
5
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
|
| Chile |
4
|
16
|
12
|
15
|
15
|
|
| China (Hong Kong) |
255
|
361
|
395
|
/2
|
540
|
603
|
| China (Mainland) |
59
|
87
|
86
|
/2
|
143
|
239
|
| Columbia |
8
|
7
|
4
|
6
|
13
|
|
| Cook Islands |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Costa Rica |
7
|
2
|
10
|
12
|
8
|
|
| Croatia |
8
|
10
|
17
|
11
|
8
|
|
| Cuba |
4
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
4
|
|
| Cyprus |
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Czech Republic |
13
|
15
|
18
|
42
|
32
|
|
| Czechoslovakia |
9
|
8
|
7
|
8
|
7
|
|
| Denmark |
362
|
533
|
551
|
536
|
532
|
|
| Dominica |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
|
| Dominican Republic |
-
|
-
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
|
| Ecuador |
-
|
7
|
4
|
-
|
3
|
|
| Egypt |
2
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
10
|
|
| El Salvador /2 |
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
|
| Estonia |
-
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
| Faroe Islands |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Finland |
482
|
576
|
665
|
679
|
778
|
|
| France |
3,121
|
3,823
|
3,802
|
4,392
|
4,576
|
|
| French Guiana |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| French Polynesia |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Georgia |
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
|
| Germany |
7,180
|
9,304
|
9,113
|
10,978
|
12,128
|
|
| Ghana |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Gibralter |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Greece |
14
|
17
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
|
| Guadeloupe |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Guatemala |
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
|
| Guinea |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Haiti |
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Honduras |
1
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Hungary |
32
|
46
|
38
|
41
|
57
|
|
| Iceland |
4
|
6
|
10
|
15
|
23
|
|
| India |
43
|
80
|
109
|
123
|
159
|
|
| Indonesia |
12
|
9
|
4
|
15
|
9
|
|
| Iran |
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Ireland |
77
|
74
|
104
|
128
|
174
|
|
| Israel |
573
|
760
|
748
|
856
|
1,023
|
|
| Italy |
1,422
|
1,754
|
1,595
|
1,915
|
2,052
|
|
| Jamaica |
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
| Japan |
24,314
|
30,490
|
30,425
|
34,563
|
34,875
|
|
| Jordan |
5
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
3
|
|
| Kazakhstan |
-
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
|
| Kenya |
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
| Korea, Dem. Republic of |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Korea, Republic of |
1,828
|
3,052
|
3,477
|
3,699
|
3,783
|
|
| Kuwait |
1
|
4
|
12
|
11
|
4
|
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
|
| Latvia |
-
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
|
| Lebanon |
1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
|
| Liechtenstein |
10
|
16
|
15
|
19
|
22
|
|
| Lithuania |
2
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
|
| Luxembourg |
28
|
47
|
46
|
48
|
46
|
|
| Macau |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Madagascar |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Malaysia |
26
|
38
|
27
|
51
|
51
|
|
| Malta |
1
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
2
|
|
| Marshall Islands |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Mauritius |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Mexico |
48
|
83
|
79
|
/2
|
107
|
95
|
| Moldova, Republic |
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Monaco |
7
|
9
|
12
|
14
|
21
|
|
| Morocco |
-
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
|
| Myanmar |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Namibia |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Netherlands |
878
|
1,282
|
1,322
|
1,484
|
1,465
|
|
| Netherlands Antilles |
-
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
|
| New Caledonia |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| New Zealand |
95
|
135
|
140
|
149
|
147
|
|
| Nicaragua |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Nigeria |
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
|
| Norfolk Island |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Norway |
156
|
217
|
224
|
266
|
292
|
|
| Pakistan |
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
|
| Panama |
1
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
1
|
|
| Paraguay |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Peru |
2
|
1
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
|
| Philippines |
15
|
25
|
16
|
17
|
14
|
|
| Poland |
15
|
16
|
21
|
9
|
20
|
|
| Portugal |
6
|
9
|
11
|
10
|
16
|
|
| Palau |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Qatar |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Romania |
1
|
-
|
5
|
4
|
10
|
|
| Russian Federation |
113
|
175
|
174
|
192
|
242
|
|
| Saint Kitts & Nevis |
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
|
| Saint Vincent/The Grenadines |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| San Marino |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Saudi Arabia |
16
|
12
|
12
|
21
|
13
|
|
| Singapore |
111
|
122
|
134
|
220
|
299
|
|
| Slovakia |
2
|
2
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
|
| Slovenia |
9
|
15
|
13
|
18
|
22
|
|
| South Africa |
112
|
126
|
115
|
145
|
144
|
|
| Soviet Union |
7
|
6
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
|
| Spain |
176
|
285
|
262
|
321
|
350
|
|
| Sri Lanka |
1
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
|
| Suriname |
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Sweden |
996
|
1,258
|
1,368
|
1,805
|
1,946
|
|
| Switzerland |
1,176
|
1,339
|
1,310
|
1,516
|
1,574
|
|
| Syria Arab Rep |
-
|
-
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
|
| Taiwan |
2,490
|
3,543
|
4,105
|
5,578
|
6,766
|
|
| Tanzania |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Thailand |
16
|
14
|
23
|
36
|
46
|
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
-
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
|
| Tunisia |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Turkey |
5
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
14
|
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
1
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Uganda |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Ukraine |
11
|
15
|
16
|
13
|
28
|
|
| United Arab Emirates |
1
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
7
|
|
| United Kingdom |
2,787
|
3,548
|
3,686
|
4,241
|
4,425
|
|
| Uruguay |
4
|
3
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Uzbekistan |
-
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
2
|
|
| Venezuela |
20
|
30
|
40
|
31
|
33
|
|
| Vietnam |
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Yemen |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Yugoslavia |
4
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
|
| Zaire |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Zimbabwe |
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
| - Represents zero. 1/ Data include utility, design, plant, and reissue patents. Country listings include possessions and territories of that country unless separately listed in the table 2/ Revised from FY 1999 Report |
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