Table 9. United States Patent Applications Filed by Residents of Foreign Countries /1
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TABLE 9
UNITED STATES PATENT APPLICATIONS FILED BY RESIDENTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES /1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Residence |
1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
FN
|
2000 |
2001
|
| Total |
102,248
|
110,461
|
125,423
|
136,102
|
154,205
|
|
| Albania |
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Algeria |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
|
| Andorra |
155
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
|
| Anguilla |
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Antigua & Barbuda |
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Argentina |
81
|
121
|
102
|
138
|
146
|
|
| Armenia |
1
|
1
|
1
|
/3
|
1
|
4
|
| Aruba |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Australia |
1,270
|
1,450
|
1,507
|
1,887
|
2,088
|
|
| Austria |
590
|
665
|
871
|
887
|
945
|
|
| Azerbaijan |
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
|
| Bahamas |
12
|
21
|
14
|
17
|
14
|
|
| Bahrain |
-
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Bangladesh |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Barbados |
1
|
1
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
|
| Belarus |
6
|
3
|
6
|
11
|
4
|
|
| Belgium |
974
|
1,034
|
1,207
|
1,338
|
1,341
|
|
| Belize |
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Benelux Convention |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Bermuda |
2
|
5
|
7
|
15
|
4
|
|
| Bolivia |
1
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
-
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Botswana |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Brazil |
157
|
167
|
206
|
240
|
247
|
|
| British Vrgin Islands |
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
| Brunei |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
|
| Bulgaria |
10
|
15
|
2
|
23
|
10
|
|
| Canada |
4,972
|
5,975
|
7,006
|
7,146
|
7,802
|
|
| Cayman Islands |
4
|
2
|
7
|
4
|
8
|
|
| Chile |
13
|
18
|
14
|
28
|
29
|
|
| China (Hong Kong) |
448
|
457
|
757
|
837
|
1,008
|
|
| China (People's Republic) |
215
|
289
|
271
|
437
|
694
|
|
| Columbia |
9
|
14
|
21
|
24
|
28
|
|
| Cook Islands |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Costa Rica |
14
|
20
|
8
|
29
|
8
|
|
| Cote D'Ivorie |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Croatia |
20
|
18
|
15
|
18
|
22
|
|
| Cuba |
2
|
4
|
5
|
14
|
6
|
|
| Cyprus |
4
|
-
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
|
| Czech Republic |
22
|
39
|
37
|
58
|
83
|
|
| Czechoslovakia |
14
|
22
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Denmark |
724
|
776
|
938
|
941
|
1,130
|
|
| Djibouti |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Dominica |
-
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
|
| Dominican Republic |
4
|
3
|
-
|
4
|
1
|
|
| Ecuador |
8
|
2
|
5
|
6
|
8
|
|
| Egypt |
8
|
8
|
19
|
21
|
16
|
|
| El Salvador |
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
| EPO |
28
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Estonia |
1
|
1
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
|
| Ethiopia |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Falkland Islands |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Fiji |
-
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
|
| Finland |
946
|
910
|
1,309
|
1,475
|
1,799
|
|
| French Polynesia |
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
|
| France |
5,093
|
5,414
|
6,398
|
6,859
|
7,154
|
|
| French Guiana |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Gabon |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Georgia |
16
|
6
|
2
|
1
|
5
|
|
| Germany |
12,908
|
13,799
|
17,446
|
17,858
|
19,776
|
|
| Ghana |
4
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Greece |
21
|
47
|
47
|
45
|
48
|
|
| Guadeloupe |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Guatemala |
5
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
12
|
|
| Guyana |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Guinea |
-
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
|
| Haiti |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Honduras |
5
|
5
|
6
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Hungary |
42
|
69
|
115
|
116
|
91
|
|
| Iceland |
13
|
28
|
30
|
39
|
39
|
|
| India |
135
|
182
|
263
|
389
|
636
|
|
| Indonesia |
10
|
7
|
26
|
15
|
10
|
|
| Iran |
16
|
16
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
|
| Iraq |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Ireland |
130
|
197
|
264
|
339
|
401
|
|
| Israel |
1,220
|
1,499
|
1,938
|
2,477
|
2,781
|
|
| Italy |
2,472
|
2,449
|
2,835
|
3,031
|
3,185
|
|
| Jamaica |
1
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
|
| Japan |
44,318
|
46,569
|
47,413
|
54,365
|
62,676
|
|
| Jordan |
1
|
5
|
5
|
-
|
4
|
|
| Kazakhstan |
1
|
1
|
10
|
2
|
2
|
|
| Kenya |
5
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
13
|
|
| Korea, Dem. Republic of |
67
|
63
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Korea, Republic of |
4,957
|
5,625
|
5,634
|
5,882
|
6,792
|
|
| Kuwait |
19
|
13
|
12
|
10
|
6
|
|
| Kyrgyzstan |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Laos |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Latvia |
1
|
5
|
2
|
2
|
5
|
|
| Lebanon |
2
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
9
|
|
| Lesotho |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Liechtenstein |
21
|
15
|
26
|
26
|
33
|
|
| Lithuania |
4
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
8
|
|
| Luxembourg |
63
|
49
|
51
|
65
|
77
|
|
| Macau |
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
4
|
|
| Madagascar |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
|
| Macedonia |
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
2
|
|
| Malaysia |
61
|
58
|
74
|
94
|
144
|
|
| Maldives |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Mali |
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Malta |
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
6
|
|
| Marshall Islands |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Mauritius |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Mexico |
146
|
152
|
172
|
180
|
220
|
|
| Moldova |
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
|
| Monaco |
11
|
13
|
14
|
26
|
29
|
|
| Mongolia |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Montserrat |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Morocco |
1
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
|
| Myanmar |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Namibia |
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Nauru |
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Nepal |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Netherlands |
1,978
|
1,914
|
2,158
|
2,446
|
2,822
|
|
| Netherlands Antilles |
-
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
| New Caledonia |
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| New Zealand |
218
|
204
|
249
|
296
|
355
|
|
| Nicaragua |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Niger |
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Nigeria |
1
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
7
|
|
| Norway |
312
|
341
|
399
|
465
|
452
|
|
| Pakistan |
8
|
3
|
2
|
6
|
2
|
|
| Palau |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Panama |
2
|
4
|
8
|
4
|
10
|
|
| Paraguay |
1
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
|
| Peru |
5
|
3
|
8
|
6
|
8
|
|
| Philippines |
42
|
21
|
28
|
32
|
47
|
|
| Poland |
29
|
16
|
27
|
35
|
43
|
|
| Portugal |
12
|
17
|
29
|
22
|
27
|
|
| Romania |
13
|
9
|
5
|
10
|
13
|
|
| Russian Federation |
242
|
271
|
360
|
384
|
417
|
|
| Saint Kitts & Nevis |
-
|
-
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
|
| San Marino |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Saudi Arabia |
23
|
24
|
17
|
24
|
32
|
|
| Senegal |
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Seychelles |
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Sierra Leone |
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Singapore |
244
|
315
|
444
|
680
|
766
|
|
| Slovakia |
3
|
10
|
5
|
10
|
3
|
|
| Slovenia |
24
|
26
|
20
|
27
|
21
|
|
| Solomon Islands |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| South Africa |
197
|
215
|
243
|
199
|
259
|
|
| Soviet Union |
2
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Spain |
458
|
442
|
481
|
595
|
611
|
|
| Sri Lanka |
2
|
3
|
13
|
8
|
8
|
|
| St. Lucia |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Suriname |
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
| Swaziland |
14
|
17
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Sweden |
2,062
|
2,390
|
2,770
|
2,840
|
3,001
|
|
| Switzerland |
1,782
|
1,897
|
2,245
|
2,318
|
2,494
|
|
| Syria Arab Rep |
1
|
-
|
5
|
3
|
-
|
|
| Taiw an |
6,349
|
7,627
|
11,392
|
10,380
|
12,403
|
|
| Tanzania |
1
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Thailand |
32
|
34
|
61
|
91
|
106
|
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
1
|
2
|
1
|
8
|
1
|
|
| Tunisia |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
| Turkey |
2
|
26
|
35
|
27
|
31
|
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
5
|
|
| Uganda |
1
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Ukraine |
26
|
31
|
20
|
23
|
39
|
|
| United Arab Emirates |
5
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
2
|
|
| United Kingdom |
5,589
|
6,072
|
7,128
|
7,613
|
8,464
|
|
| Uruguay |
2
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
|
| Uzbekistan |
-
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
-
|
|
| Vatican City |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Venezuela |
35
|
43
|
44
|
42
|
65
|
|
| Vietnam |
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
|
| Yemen |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Yugoslavia |
7
|
6
|
6
|
/3
|
7
|
4
|
| Zaire |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
| Zimbabwe |
-
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
| Other /2 |
5
|
75
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
|
- Represents zero.
1/ Data include utility,design, plant, and reissue applications. Country listings include possessions and territories of that country unless listed separately in the table. |
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