Table 9: United States Patent Applications Filed by Residents of Foreign Countries
| Residence | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 154,205 | 160,036 | 158,162 | 159,504 | 184,380 |
| Afghanistan | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Albania | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Algeria | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Andorra | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Angola | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Antigua & Barbuda | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Argentina | 146 | 109 | 123 | 86 | 83 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Australia | 2,088 | 2,246 | 2,498 | 1,759 | 2,873 |
| Austria | 945 | 1,134 | 1,009 | 627 | 941 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Bahamas | 14 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 17 |
| Bahrain | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Barbados | 4 | 4 | - | 7 | 9 |
| Belarus | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| Belgium | 1,341 | 1,435 | 1,420 | 884 | 1,314 |
| Belize | - | - | - | - | - |
| Benelux Convention | - | - | - | - | - |
| Benin | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bermuda | 4 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 7 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Botswana | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 247 | 288 | 333 | 203 | 276 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 5 |
| Brunei | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Bulgaria | 10 | 10 | 8 | 74 | 53 |
| Cameroon | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Canada | 7,802 | 7,967 | 8,138 | 6,705 | 8,309 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| Chile | 29 | 44 | 27 | 42 | 48 |
| China (Hong Kong) | 1,008 | 1,109 | 1,159 | 1,120 | 1,223 |
| China (People's Republic) | 694 | 966 | 1,230 | 1,132 | 2,043 |
| Columbia | 28 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 13 |
| Cook Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Costa Rica | 8 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 47 |
| Cote D'Ivorie | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Croatia | 22 | 20 | 23 | 17 | 38 |
| Cuba | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Cyprus | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Czech Republic | 83 | 55 | 52 | 46 | 80 |
| Czechoslovakia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 1,130 | 1,227 | 1,145 | 700 | 947 |
| Djibouti | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominica | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| Egypt | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 13 |
| El Salvador | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| EPO | - | - | - | - | - |
| Equitorial Guinea | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Estonia | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| Ethiopia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Falkland Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiji | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Finland | 1,799 | 2,045 | 1,866 | 1,279 | 1,851 |
| French Polynesia | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| France | 7,154 | 7,434 | 6,887 | 4,296 | 6,298 |
| French Guiana | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gabon | - | - | - | - | - |
| Georgia | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Germany | 19,776 | 21,657 | 19,646 | 11,904 | 18,245 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Greece | 48 | 56 | 44 | 37 | 52 |
| Grenada | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Guadeloupe | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guatemala | 12 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Guyana | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Guinea | - | - | - | - | - |
| Haiti | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Honduras | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Hungary | 91 | 135 | 128 | 71 | 105 |
| Iceland | 39 | 40 | 49 | 36 | 38 |
| India | 636 | 813 | 1,105 | 937 | 1,278 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 25 | 26 | 32 | 21 |
| Iran | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ireland | 401 | 448 | 382 | 311 | 446 |
| Israel | 2,781 | 2,737 | 2,611 | 1,840 | 2,827 |
| Italy | 3,185 | 3,336 | 3,325 | 2,208 | 3,170 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Japan | 62,676 | 61,259 | 61,177 | 46,267 | 65,025 |
| Jordan | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Kenya | 13 | 12 | 28 | 3 | 7 |
| Korea, Dem. Republic of | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korea, Republic of | 6,792 | 7,757 | 9,614 | 9,730 | 15,200 |
| Kuwait | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 19 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laos | - | - | - | - | - |
| Latvia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Lebanon | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Lesotho | - | - | - | - | - |
| Liechtenstein | 33 | 28 | 34 | 16 | 23 |
| Lithuania | 8 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 9 |
| Luxembourg | 77 | 81 | 72 | 51 | 71 |
| Macau | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Madagascar | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Macedonia | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 144 | 136 | 237 | 238 | 315 |
| Maldives | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mali | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malta | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mauritius | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Mexico | 220 | 167 | 213 | 152 | 197 |
| Moldova | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Monaco | 29 | 27 | 29 | 10 | 16 |
| Mongolia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Montserrat | - | - | - | - | - |
| Morocco | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Mozambique | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Myanmar | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namibia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nauru | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nepal | - | - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 2,822 | 3,074 | 2,382 | 1,743 | 2,938 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| New Caledonia | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 355 | 402 | 473 | 202 | 324 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Niger | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nigeria | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Norway | 452 | 587 | 470 | 275 | 463 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 4 | - | 3 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
| Palau | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Panama | 10 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| Paraguay | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Peru | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Philippines | 47 | 72 | 37 | 52 | 53 |
| Poland | 43 | 46 | 48 | 58 | 101 |
| Portugal | 27 | 31 | 22 | 15 | 51 |
| Qatar | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Romania | 13 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 |
| Russian Federation | 417 | 403 | 345 | 195 | 313 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 2 | 1 | 6 | - | - |
| San Marino | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Saudi Arabia | 32 | 35 | 33 | 20 | 36 |
| Senegal | - | - | - | - | - |
| Seychelles | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Sierra Leone | - | - | - | - | - |
| Singapore | 766 | 792 | 817 | 676 | 848 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Slovenia | 21 | 21 | 55 | 32 | 40 |
| Solomon Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Africa | 259 | 248 | 263 | 122 | 210 |
| Soviet Union | - | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 611 | 690 | 633 | 460 | 727 |
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| St. Lucia | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Suriname | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swaziland | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweden | 3,001 | 2,692 | 2,311 | 1,360 | 2,002 |
| Switzerland | 2,494 | 2,560 | 2,362 | 1,525 | 2,222 |
| Syria Arab Rep | - | 3 | 4 | - | 2 |
| Taiwan | 12,403 | 13,761 | 14,537 | 13,129 | 16,865 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Thailand | 106 | 85 | 88 | 85 | 75 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 4 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Turkey | 31 | 39 | 41 | 34 | 53 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Uganda | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ukraine | 39 | 46 | 39 | 27 | 33 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 12 |
| United Kingdom | 8,464 | 9,238 | 8,215 | 5,013 | 7,275 |
| Uruguay | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Venezuela | 65 | 41 | 30 | 18 | 30 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Yemen | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Other  3 |
- | - | - | 41,389 | 15,936 |
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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: Data should be finalized by December 2005 and will be reported in the FY 2006 PAR. (back to text) 3: Country of origin information not available. (back to text) |
