Table 9: United States Patent Applications Filed by Residents of Foreign Countries
TABLE 9: UNITED STATES PATENT APPLICATIONS FILED BY RESIDENTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES 1
(FY 1999 - FY 2003)
FY 2003 DATA IS PRELIMINARY
|
Residence
|
1999 | FN | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 125,423 | 136,102 | 154,205 | 160,036 | 157,470 | |
| Albania | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Andorra | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Angola | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Anguilla | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Antigua & Barbuda | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Argentina | 102 | 138 | 146 | 109 | 89 | |
| Armenia | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Aruba | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Australia | 1,507 | 1,887 | 2,088 | 2,246 | 1,720 | |
| Austria | 871 | 887 | 945 | 1,134 | 775 | |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Bahamas | 14 | 17 | 14 | 26 | 16 | |
| Bahrain | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Bangladesh | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Barbados | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | - | |
| Belarus | 6 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 3 | |
| Belgium | 1,207 | 1,338 | 1,341 | 1,435 | 1,013 | |
| Belize | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Benelux Convention | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bermuda | 7 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 9 | |
| Bolivia | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Botswana | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Brazil | 206 | 240 | 247 | 288 | 228 | |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | |
| Brunei | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 6 | |
| Canada | 7,006 | 7,146 | 7,802 | 7,967 | 6,073 | |
| Cayman Islands | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | |
| Chile | 14 | 28 | 29 | 44 | 22 | |
| China (Hong Kong) | 757 | 837 | 1,008 | 1,109 | 892 | |
| China (People's Republic) | 271 | 437 | 694 | 966 | 887 | |
| Columbia | 21 | 24 | 28 | 26 | 17 | |
| Cook Islands | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 29 | 8 | 18 | 15 | |
| Cote D'Ivorie | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | |
| Croatia | 15 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 18 | |
| Cuba | 5 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 6 | |
| Cyprus | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 6 | |
| Czech Republic | 37 | 58 | 83 | 55 | 38 | |
| Czechoslovakia | 15 | - | - | - | - | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Denmark | 938 | 941 | 1,130 | 1,227 | 819 | |
| Djibouti | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Dominica | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Ecuador | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 4 | |
| Egypt | 19 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 9 | |
| El Salvador | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| EPO | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Estonia | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Falkland Islands | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Fiji | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Finland | 1,309 | 1,475 | 1,799 | 2,045 | 1,308 | |
| French Polynesia | - | 2 | - | - | - | |
| France | 6,398 | 6,859 | 7,154 | 7,434 | 5,061 | |
| French Guiana | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Gabon | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Georgia | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
| Germany | 17,446 | 17,858 | 19,776 | 21,657 | 14,415 | |
| Ghana | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Gibraltar | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Greece | 47 | 45 | 48 | 56 | 30 | |
| Guadeloupe | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | |
| Guyana | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Guinea | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Haiti | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | |
| Honduras | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Hungary | 115 | 116 | 91 | 135 | 96 | |
| Iceland | 30 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 34 | |
| India | 263 | 389 | 636 | 813 | 800 | |
| Indonesia | 26 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 24 | |
| Iran | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| Iraq | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Ireland | 264 | 339 | 401 | 448 | 281 | |
| Israel | 1,938 | 2,477 | 2,781 | 2,737 | 1,915 | |
| Italy | 2,835 | 3,031 | 3,185 | 3,336 | 2,424 | |
| Jamaica | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Japan | 47,413 | 54,365 | 62,676 | 61,259 | 45,835 | |
| Jordan | 5 | - | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kenya | 8 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 25 | |
| Korea, Dem. Republic of | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Korea, Republic of | 5,634 | 5,882 | 6,792 | 7,757 | 7,071 | |
| Kuwait | 12 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 2 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Laos | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Latvia | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Lebanon | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | |
| Lesotho | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Liechtenstein | 26 | 26 | 33 | 28 | 26 | |
| Lithuania | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | |
| Luxembourg | 51 | 65 | 77 | 81 | 53 | |
| Macau | 2 | - | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
| Madagascar | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Macedonia | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
| Malaysia | 74 | 94 | 144 | 136 | 178 | |
| Maldives | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mali | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Malta | - | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | |
| Marshall Islands | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Mauritius | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mexico | 172 | 180 | 220 | 167 | 154 | |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Monaco | 14 | 26 | 29 | 27 | 22 | |
| Mongolia | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Montserrat | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Morocco | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Myanmar | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Namibia | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Nauru | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Nepal | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Netherlands | 2,158 | 2,446 | 2,822 | 3,074 | 1,754 | |
| Netherlands Antilles | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| New Caledonia | - | - | - | 3 | - | |
| New Zealand | 249 | 296 | 355 | 402 | 341 | |
| Nicaragua | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Niger | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Nigeria | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | |
| Norfolk Island | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Norway | 399 | 465 | 452 | 587 | 343 | |
| Oman | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | |
| Pakistan | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| Palau | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Panama | 8 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | |
| Paraguay | - | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Peru | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | |
| Philippines | 28 | 32 | 47 | 72 | 28 | |
| Poland | 27 | 35 | 43 | 46 | 36 | |
| Portugal | 29 | 22 | 27 | 31 | 18 | |
| Qatar | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Romania | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 8 | |
| Russian Federation | 360 | 384 | 417 | 403 | 251 | |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| San Marino | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Saudi Arabia | 17 | 24 | 32 | 35 | 26 | |
| Senegal | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Seychelles | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sierra Leone | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Singapore | 444 | 680 | 766 | 792 | 612 | |
| Slovakia | 5 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 5 | |
| Slovenia | 20 | 27 | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| Solomon Islands | - | - | - | - | - | |
| South Africa | 243 | 199 | 259 | 248 | 174 | |
| Soviet Union | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Spain | 481 | 595 | 611 | 690 | 456 | |
| Sri Lanka | 13 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 3 | |
| St. Lucia | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Suriname | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Swaziland | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sweden | 2,770 | 2,840 | 3,001 | 2,692 | 1,705 | |
| Switzerland | 2,245 | 2,318 | 2,494 | 2,560 | 1,741 | |
| Syria Arab Rep | 5 | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | |
| Taiwan | 11,392 | 10,380 | 12,403 | 13,761 | 10,883 | |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Thailand | 61 | 91 | 106 | 85 | 62 | |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tunisia | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Turkey | 35 | 27 | 31 | 39 | 34 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | |
| Uganda | 4 | - | - | - | - | |
| Ukraine | 20 | 23 | 39 | 46 | 23 | |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 5 | |
| United Kingdom | 7,128 | 7,613 | 8,464 | 9,238 | 5,913 | |
| Uruguay | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | |
| Vatican City | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Venezuela | 44 | 42 | 65 | 41 | 21 | |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yemen | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Yugoslavia | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Other 2 | - | - | - | - | 40,435 |
Notes:
- 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.
2/ Country of origin information not available.
3/ Revised from FY 1999 Report .
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