Table 10: Patents Issued by the United States to Residents of Foreign Countries
|
Residence
|
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 81,675 | 86,203 | 83,970 | 89,699 | 89,257 |
| Albania | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Algeria | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Andorra | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Angola | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Anguilla | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Arab Emiates | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Argentina | 65 | 58 | 54 | 68 | 57 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Aruba | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Australia | 885 | 1,041 | 955 | 1,040 | 1,079 |
| Austria | 544 | 653 | 535 | 627 | 606 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Bahamas | 13 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 11 |
Bahrain
2
|
3 | - | - | - | - |
| Bangladesh | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Belarus | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Belgium | 807 | 805 | 772 | 762 | 698 |
| Bermuda | - | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
| Bolivia | 3 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Brazil | 122 | 127 | 113 | 150 | 192 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 10 |
| Brunei | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
| Canada | 4,060 | 4,157 | 3,809 | 3,869 | 3,980 |
| Cayman Islands | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| Chile | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 17 |
| China (Hong Kong) | 540 | 603 | 546 | 667 | 672 |
| China (Mainland) | 143 | 239 | 347 | 442 | 551 |
| Columbia | 6 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
| Cook Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Costa Rica | 12 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 |
| Croatia | 11 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 9 |
| Cuba | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 42 | 32 | 24 | 38 | 40 |
| Czechoslovakia | 8 | 7 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 536 | 532 | 569 | 609 | 580 |
| Dominica | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Egypt | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| El
Salvador
2
|
- | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| Estonia | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Faroe Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiji | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Finland | 679 | 778 | 805 | 904 | 1,002 |
| France | 4,392 | 4,576 | 4,289 | 4,228 | 3,846 |
| French Guiana | - | - | - | - | - |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Georgia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Germany | 10,978 | 12,128 | 11,529 | 12,361 | 11,623 |
| Ghana | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gibraltar | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Greece | 22 | 23 | 21 | 26 | 15 |
| Guadeloupe | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guatemala | 2 | - | 5 | 3 | - |
| Guinea | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Haiti | - | - | - | - | - |
| Honduras | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Hungary | 41 | 57 | 49 | 67 | 62 |
| Iceland | 15 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| India | 123 | 159 | 254 | 338 | 366 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Ireland | 128 | 174 | 136 | 187 | 190 |
| Israel | 856 | 1,023 | 1,042 | 1,265 | 1,157 |
| Italy | 1,915 | 2,052 | 1,945 | 2,015 | 2,009 |
| Ivory Coast | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 34,563 | 34,875 | 34,954 | 37,862 | 37,734 |
| Jordan | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Kenya | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 |
| Korea, Dem. Republic of | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korea, Republic of | 3,699 | 3,783 | 3,755 | 4,198 | 4,590 |
| Kuwait | 11 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Latvia | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Liechtenstein | 19 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 17 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Luxembourg | 48 | 46 | 52 | 55 | 56 |
| Macau | - | - | - | 6 | 2 |
| Macedonia, Former | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Malaysia | 51 | 51 | 57 | 65 | 86 |
| Malta | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 |
| Marshall Islands | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Mauritius | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 107 | 95 | 93 | 92 | 113 |
| Moldova, Republic | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Monaco | 14 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 16 |
| Morocco | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Myanmar | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namibia | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 1,484 | 1,465 | 1,604 | 1,640 | 1,619 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| New Caledonia | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Guinea | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| New Zealand | 149 | 147 | 162 | 171 | 187 |
| Nicaragua | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Nigeria | 2 | - | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Norfolk Island | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norway | 266 | 292 | 262 | 277 | 271 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Panama | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Paraguay | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peru | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Philippines | 17 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 28 |
| Poland | 9 | 20 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
| Portugal | 10 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 16 |
| Palau | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Qatar | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Romania | 4 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Russian Federation | 192 | 242 | 198 | 208 | 187 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Saint Vincent/The Grenadines | - | - | - | - | - |
| San Marino | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saudi Arabia | 21 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 13 |
| Singapore | 220 | 299 | 392 | 443 | 498 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Slovenia | 18 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 23 |
| South Africa | 145 | 144 | 107 | 145 | 107 |
| Soviet Union | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Spain | 321 | 350 | 350 | 341 | 337 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sweden | 1,805 | 1,946 | 1,824 | 1,708 | 1,452 |
| Switzerland | 1,516 | 1,574 | 1,489 | 1,513 | 1,406 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Taiwan | 5,578 | 6,766 | 6,346 | 6,719 | 7,376 |
| Tanzania | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Thailand | 36 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 33 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Tunisia | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Turkey | 5 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 31 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Uganda | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Ukraine | 13 | 28 | 28 | 14 | 21 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | - |
| United Kingdom | 4,241 | 4,425 | 4,076 | 4,110 | 4,044 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Venezuela | 31 | 33 | 27 | 23 | 24 |
| Vietnam | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Yemen | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Notes:
- 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. (back to text)
2: Revised from FY 1999 Report. (back to text)
