Table 21: Trademark Applications Filed by Residents of Foreign Countries
| Residence | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 67,035 | 65,589 | 50,052 | 49,371 | 46,832 |
| Albania | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Algeria | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Andorra | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - |
| Angola | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Anguilla | 14 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 15 | 43 | 30 | - | 2 |
| Argentina | 326 | 246 | 189 | 266 | 202 |
| Armenia | 9 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Aruba | 5 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Australia | 2,321 | 1,731 | 1,478 | 1,794 | 1,845 |
| Austria | 632 | 604 | 743 | 444 | 401 |
| Azerbaijan | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Bahamas | 148 | 153 | 220 | 158 | 139 |
| Bahrain | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Bangladesh | - | 7 | - | - | - |
| Barbados | 89 | 92 | 120 | 165 | 207 |
| Belarus | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Belgium | 619 | 548 | 454 | 425 | 266 |
| Belize | 9 | 15 | 23 | 9 | 9 |
| Benelux Convention | 8 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Benin | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Bermuda | 321 | 258 | 322 | 340 | 282 |
| Bolivia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Botswana | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 357 | 443 | 472 | 400 | 453 |
| British Vrgin Islands | 696 | 363 | 259 | 202 | 151 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 17 |
| Burundi | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Cambodia | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cameroon | - | - | 3 | - | 2 |
| Canada | 9,844 | 8,086 | 6,765 | 6,838 | 7,365 |
| Cape Verde | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Cayman Islands | 265 | 190 | 117 | 113 | 81 |
| Central African Republic | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Channel Islands | 110 | 65 | 72 | 50 | 27 |
| Chile | 132 | 207 | 141 | 190 | 183 |
| China (mainland) | 438 | 448 | 472 | 474 | 594 |
| Christmas Island | 4 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Colombia | 183 | 170 | 135 | 151 | 181 |
| Comoros | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| Costa Rica | 25 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 41 |
| Cote D'Ivorie | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Croatia | 9 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Cyprus | 71 | 34 | 21 | 66 | 60 |
| Czechoslovakia | 50 | 39 | 58 | 55 | 59 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 604 | 716 | 568 | 564 | 353 |
| Djibouti | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominica | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 43 | 40 | 57 | 13 |
| East Timor | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Ecuador | 22 | 40 | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| Egypt | 10 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| El Salvador | 25 | 59 | 33 | 35 | 55 |
| EPO | - | - | - | - | - |
| Estonia | 5 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Faroe Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiji | 1 | - | 10 | 3 | 2 |
| Finland | 473 | 656 | 442 | 336 | 275 |
| France | 4,860 | 4,636 | 3,546 | 3,473 | 2,427 |
| French Guiana | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| French Polynesia | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 49 |
| French South/Antarctic | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gabon | - | - | - | - | - |
| Georgia | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Germany | 10,218 | 9,474 | 7,195 | 6,412 | 6,466 |
| Ghana | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gibraltar | 31 | 12 | 11 | 21 | 24 |
| Greece | 92 | 22 | 46 | 44 | 236 |
| Greenland | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Grenada | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Guadeloupe | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Guatemala | 14 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 39 |
| Guinea | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guyana | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Hague | - | - | - | - | - |
| Haiti | - | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Honduras | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 1,097 | 898 | 860 | 794 | 862 |
| Hungary | 31 | 48 | 35 | 33 | 40 |
| Iceland | 50 | 64 | 15 | 35 | 86 |
| India | 252 | 214 | 267 | 291 | 260 |
| Indonesia | 31 | 50 | 37 | 45 | 24 |
| Iran | - | 3 | - | 1 | 20 |
| Ireland | 560 | 469 | 331 | 317 | 359 |
| Isle of Man | 38 | 34 | 55 | 27 | 27 |
| Israel | 1,033 | 835 | 448 | 480 | 476 |
| Italy | 2,548 | 2,380 | 1,919 | 2,115 | 1,577 |
| Jamaica | 51 | 56 | 33 | 31 | 50 |
| Japan | 4,273 | 9,008 | 4,450 | 4,342 | 4,239 |
| Jordan | 7 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 18 |
| Kazakhstan | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Kenya | 5 | 42 | 13 | 21 | 9 |
| Korea, Dem. Republic of | 4 | - | 1 | 6 | - |
| Korea, Republic of | 943 | 913 | 887 | 758 | 446 |
| Kuwait | 7 | 7 | 3 | - | 3 |
| Latvia | 3 | 4 | - | 7 | 8 |
| Laos | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lebanon | 4 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
| Liberia | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Liechtenstein | 149 | 89 | 61 | 58 | 56 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 198 | 135 | 186 | 130 | 134 |
| Macao | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | - |
| Macedonia | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Madagascar | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Malawi, Republic of | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaysia | 94 | 66 | 60 | 28 | 98 |
| Mali | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malta | 26 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 10 |
| Marshall Islands | - | 2 | - | - | 4 |
| Martinique | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Mauritania | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Mauritius | 61 | 30 | 38 | 44 | 46 |
| Mayotte | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 809 | 982 | 1,026 | 994 | 1,103 |
| Micronesia | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Moldova | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Monaco | 70 | 136 | 72 | 68 | 69 |
| Mongolia | 3 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Montserrat | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Morocco | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Myanmar | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| N. Mariana Island | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Nauru | - | - | - | - | - |
| Navassa Island | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nepal | - | 5 | 9 | - | - |
| Netherlands | 2,220 | 2,063 | 1,596 | 1,331 | 1,088 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 92 | 64 | 55 | 30 | 22 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| New Hebrides | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 324 | 359 | 292 | 362 | 535 |
| Newfoundland | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| Nigeria | 9 | - | 15 | 6 | 1 |
| Norway | 317 | 319 | 206 | 178 | 159 |
| Oman | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| Panama | 20 | 36 | 47 | 46 | 108 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Paraguay | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| Peru | 20 | 27 | 37 | 28 | 33 |
| Philippines | 15 | 42 | 31 | 12 | 26 |
| Pitcairn Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poland | 41 | 64 | 59 | 99 | 97 |
| Portugal | 110 | 134 | 106 | 133 | 77 |
| Qatar | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| Republic Moldova | - | - | - | 22 | 2 |
| Reunion | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Romania | 2 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saint Christ-Nevis | - | - | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Saint Lucia | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Saint Pierre/Mique | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saint Vincent/Grenadines | 1 | 14 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Samoa | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| San Marino | - | 6 | - | - | 3 |
| Saudi Arabia | 29 | 22 | 18 | 26 | 21 |
| Scotland | 51 | 95 | 82 | 94 | 35 |
| Senegal, Rebublic of | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Serbia/Montenegro | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singapore | 419 | 339 | 283 | 285 | 205 |
| Slovakia | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 18 | 8 | 36 | 38 | 13 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 4 | - | - | - |
| Somalia | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Africa | 263 | 206 | 170 | 175 | 194 |
| Russian Federation | 135 | 111 | 145 | 144 | 118 |
| Spain | 1,149 | 1,035 | 852 | 984 | 1,097 |
| Sri Lanka | 28 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| Sudan | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Suriname | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Swaziland | 7 | 57 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Sweden | 1,722 | 1,490 | 836 | 919 | 658 |
| Switzerland | 3,385 | 3,023 | 2,754 | 2,867 | 2,093 |
| Syria | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Taiwan | 1,283 | 1,060 | 1,143 | 1,259 | 1,424 |
| Tajikistan | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tanzania | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thailand | 82 | 78 | 103 | 153 | 127 |
| Tokelau | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tonga | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 8 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Turkey | 61 | 131 | 85 | 166 | 174 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 12 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| Uganda | - | - | 1 | 7 | - |
| Ukraine | 6 | 17 | 2 | 29 | 19 |
| United Arab Emirates | 19 | 61 | 31 | 24 | 21 |
| United Kingdom | 9,367 | 7,860 | 5,597 | 5,586 | 5,432 |
| Uruguay | 34 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 41 |
| Uzbekistan | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Vanuatu | 21 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 6 |
| Venezuela | 116 | 115 | 75 | 112 | 73 |
| Vietnam | 14 | 5 | 55 | 79 | 60 |
| Yemen | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Yugoslavia | - | - | 4 | - | 10 |
| Yukon Territory | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zambia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Other
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66 | 547 | 257 | 143 | 82 |
Notes:
- Represents zero.
1: Country of Origin information not available or not indicated in database, includes ARIPO filings. (back to text)
