Table 9: United States Patent Applications Filed by Residents of Foreign Countries
| Residence | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 136,102 | 154,205 | 160,036 | 158,162 | 159,504 |
| Albania | - | - | - | - | - |
| Algeria | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Angola | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Anguilla | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Antigua & Barbuda | - | - | - | - | - |
| Argentina | 138 | 146 | 109 | 123 | 86 |
| Armenia | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Australia | 1,887 | 2,088 | 2,246 | 2,498 | 1,759 |
| Austria | 887 | 945 | 1,134 | 1,009 | 627 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Bahamas | 17 | 14 | 26 | 22 | 24 |
| Bahrain | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Barbados | 7 | 4 | 4 | - | 7 |
| Belarus | 11 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Belgium | 1,338 | 1,341 | 1,435 | 1,420 | 884 |
| Belize | - | - | - | - | - |
| Benelux Convention | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bermuda | 15 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Botswana | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 240 | 247 | 288 | 333 | 203 |
| British Virgin Islands | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 14 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Bulgaria | 23 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 74 |
| Canada | 7,146 | 7,802 | 7,967 | 8,138 | 6,705 |
| Cayman Islands | 4 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 |
| Chile | 28 | 29 | 44 | 27 | 42 |
| China (Hong Kong) | 837 | 1,008 | 1,109 | 1,159 | 1,120 |
| China (People's Republic) | 437 | 694 | 966 | 1,230 | 1,132 |
| Columbia | 24 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 16 |
| Cook Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Costa Rica | 29 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 15 |
| Cote D'Ivorie | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Croatia | 18 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 17 |
| Cuba | 14 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Czech Republic | 58 | 83 | 55 | 52 | 46 |
| Czechoslovakia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 941 | 1,130 | 1,227 | 1,145 | 700 |
| Djibouti | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominica | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Ecuador | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 |
| Egypt | 21 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 |
| El Salvador | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| EPO | - | - | - | - | - |
| Equitorial Guinea | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Estonia | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Falkland Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiji | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 1,475 | 1,799 | 2,045 | 1,866 | 1,279 |
| French Polynesia | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| France | 6,859 | 7,154 | 7,434 | 6,887 | 4,296 |
| French Guiana | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gabon | - | - | - | - | - |
| Georgia | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Germany | 17,858 | 19,776 | 21,657 | 19,646 | 11,904 |
| Ghana | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Gibraltar | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Greece | 45 | 48 | 56 | 44 | 37 |
| Grenada | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Guadeloupe | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guatemala | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Guyana | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Guinea | - | - | - | - | - |
| Haiti | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Honduras | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Hungary | 116 | 91 | 135 | 128 | 71 |
| Iceland | 39 | 39 | 40 | 49 | 36 |
| India | 389 | 636 | 813 | 1,105 | 937 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 10 | 25 | 26 | 32 |
| Iran | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Ireland | 339 | 401 | 448 | 382 | 311 |
| Israel | 2,477 | 2,781 | 2,737 | 2,611 | 1,840 |
| Italy | 3,031 | 3,185 | 3,336 | 3,325 | 2,208 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Japan | 54,365 | 62,676 | 61,259 | 61,177 | 46,267 |
| Jordan | - | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Kenya | 1 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 3 |
| Korea, Dem. Republic of | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korea, Republic of | 5,882 | 6,792 | 7,757 | 9,614 | 9,730 |
| Kuwait | 10 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laos | - | - | - | - | - |
| Latvia | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| Lesotho | - | - | - | - | - |
| Liechtenstein | 26 | 33 | 28 | 34 | 16 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| Luxembourg | 65 | 77 | 81 | 72 | 51 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Madagascar | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Macedonia | 3 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Malaysia | 94 | 144 | 136 | 237 | 238 |
| Maldives | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malta | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Marshall Islands | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Mexico | 180 | 220 | 167 | 213 | 152 |
| Moldova | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Monaco | 26 | 29 | 27 | 29 | 10 |
| Mongolia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Montserrat | - | - | - | - | - |
| Morocco | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Mozambique | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Myanmar | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namibia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nauru | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nepal | - | - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 2,446 | 2,822 | 3,074 | 2,382 | 1,743 |
| Netherlands Antilles | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| New Caledonia | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| New Zealand | 296 | 355 | 402 | 473 | 202 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Niger | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nigeria | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Norfolk Island | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Norway | 465 | 452 | 587 | 470 | 275 |
| Oman | - | - | 1 | 4 | - |
| Pakistan | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Palau | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Panama | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Paraguay | 2 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Peru | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Philippines | 32 | 47 | 72 | 37 | 52 |
| Poland | 35 | 43 | 46 | 48 | 58 |
| Portugal | 22 | 27 | 31 | 22 | 15 |
| Qatar | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Romania | 10 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| Russian Federation | 384 | 417 | 403 | 345 | 195 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | - |
| San Marino | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Saudi Arabia | 24 | 32 | 35 | 33 | 20 |
| Senegal | - | - | - | - | - |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singapore | 680 | 766 | 792 | 817 | 676 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 27 | 21 | 21 | 55 | 32 |
| Solomon Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Africa | 199 | 259 | 248 | 263 | 122 |
| Soviet Union | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 595 | 611 | 690 | 633 | 460 |
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 3 |
| St. Lucia | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Suriname | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Swaziland | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweden | 2,840 | 3,001 | 2,692 | 2,311 | 1,360 |
| Switzerland | 2,318 | 2,494 | 2,560 | 2,362 | 1,525 |
| Syria Arab Rep | 3 | - | 3 | 4 | - |
| Taiwan | 10,380 | 12,403 | 13,761 | 14,537 | 13,129 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Thailand | 91 | 106 | 85 | 88 | 85 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Turkey | 27 | 31 | 39 | 41 | 34 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| Uganda | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ukraine | 23 | 39 | 46 | 39 | 27 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 14 |
| United Kingdom | 7,613 | 8,464 | 9,238 | 8,215 | 5,013 |
| Uruguay | 2 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Vatican City | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Venezuela | 42 | 65 | 41 | 30 | 18 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Yemen | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yugoslavia | 7 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Other
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- | - | - | - | 41,389 |
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. (back to text)
2: Country of origin information not available. (back to text)
