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 2002 - FY 2006)
Residence	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006 ²
Total	160,036	158,162	160,764	191,060	N/A
Afghanistan	-	-	-	1	N/A
Albania	-	-	-	1	N/A
Algeria	-	1	-	3	N/A
Andorra	3	2	1	2	N/A
Angola	1	-	-	-	N/A
Anguilla	1	-	-	-	N/A
Antigua & Barbuda	-	-	1	2	N/A
Argentina	109	123	118	92	N/A
Armenia	1	1	-	3	N/A
Aruba	1	-	-	1	N/A
Australia	2,246	2,498	2,495	3,339	N/A
Austria	1,134	1,009	858	1,119	N/A
Azerbaijan	-	1	1	3	N/A
Bahamas	26	22	30	16	N/A
Bahrain	-	1	1	-	N/A
Bangladesh	1	1	-	1	N/A
Barbados	4	-	8	9	N/A
Belarus	8	6	10	4	N/A
Belgium	1,435	1,420	1,160	1,539	N/A
Belize	-	-	-	-	N/A
Benelux Convention	-	-	-	-	N/A
Benin	-	-	-	1	N/A
Bermuda	12	11	5	7	N/A
Bolivia	1	-	2	2	N/A
Bosnia & Herzegovina	-	-	-	1	N/A
Botswana	-	-	-	-	N/A
Brazil	288	333	287	340	N/A
British Virgin Islands	13	15	17	5	N/A
Brunei	2	-	-	-	N/A
Bulgaria	10	8	98	67	N/A
Cameroon	-	-	1	2	N/A
Canada	7,967	8,138	9,035	9,114	N/A
Cayman Islands	10	1	4	14	N/A
Chile	44	27	55	56	N/A
China (Hong Kong)	1,109	1,159	1,379	1,319	N/A
China (People's Republic)	966	1,230	1,708	2,330	N/A
Colombia	26	22	26	15	N/A
Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	N/A
Costa Rica	18	17	36	47	N/A
Cote D'Ivorie	2	-	-	-	N/A
Croatia	20	23	23	42	N/A
Cuba	11	7	1	16	N/A
Cyprus	5	7	8	13	N/A
Czech Republic	55	52	64	87	N/A
Czechoslovakia	-	-	-	-	N/A
Democratic Republic of the Congo	-	-	-	-	N/A
Denmark	1,227	1,145	869	1,167	N/A
Djibouti	-	-	-	-	N/A
Dominica	-	-	-	-	N/A
Dominican Republic	3	5	11	5	N/A
Ecuador	11	9	7	5	N/A
Egypt	13	13	14	17	N/A
El Salvador	1	2	2	-	N/A
EPO	-	-	-	-	N/A
Equitorial Guinea	-	-	-	-	N/A
Estonia	8	6	7	20	N/A
Ethiopia	-	-	1	-	N/A
Falkland Islands	-	-	-	-	N/A
Fiji	1	1	1	-	N/A
Finland	2,045	1,866	1,771	2,096	N/A
French Polynesia	-	-	-	2	N/A
France	7,434	6,887	5,618	7,515	N/A
French Guiana	-	-	-	-	N/A
Gabon	-	-	-	-	N/A
Georgia	3	5	3	5	N/A
Germany	21,657	19,646	16,394	21,598	N/A
Ghana	1	-	1	3	N/A
Gibraltar	1	-	-	7	N/A
Greece	56	44	53	65	N/A
Grenada	-	1	-	-	N/A
Guadeloupe	-	-	-	-	N/A
Guatemala	3	1	-	1	N/A
Guyana	-	-	-	-	N/A
Guinea	-	-	-	-	N/A
Haiti	1	-	-	-	N/A
Honduras	-	-	3	3	N/A
Hungary	135	128	91	128	N/A
Iceland	40	49	60	52	N/A
India	813	1,105	1,274	1,444	N/A
Indonesia	25	26	40	24	N/A
Iran	4	5	4	4	N/A
Iraq	1	-	-	-	N/A
Ireland	448	382	407	507	N/A
Israel	2,737	2,611	2,547	3,191	N/A
Italy	3,336	3,325	2,792	3,685	N/A
Jamaica	2	3	3	5	N/A
Japan	61,259	61,177	63,543	73,250	N/A
Jordan	3	6	8	2	N/A
Kazakhstan	1	2	1	3	N/A
Kenya	12	28	8	7	N/A
Korea, Dem. Republic of	-	-	-	-	N/A
Korea, Republic of	7,757	9,614	13,388	16,643	N/A
Kuwait	11	7	13	23	N/A
Kyrgyzstan	-	-	-	1	N/A
Laos	-	-	-	-	N/A
Latvia	2	2	6	6	N/A
Lebanon	11	6	5	7	N/A
Lesotho	-	-	-	-	N/A
Liechtenstein	28	34	22	25	N/A
Lithuania	2	8	20	9	N/A
Luxembourg	81	72	74	78	N/A
Macau	7	7	4	3	N/A
Madagascar	-	-	-	-	N/A
Macedonia	-	-	3	1	N/A
Malaysia	136	237	334	341	N/A
Maldives	-	-	-	-	N/A
Mali	-	-	-	-	N/A
Malta	5	3	3	6	N/A
Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	N/A
Mauritius	-	2	-	-	N/A
Mexico	167	213	211	217	N/A
Moldova	3	2	1	-	N/A
Monaco	27	29	15	18	N/A
Mongolia	-	-	-	-	N/A
Montenegro	-	-	-	-	N/A
Montserrat	-	-	-	-	N/A
Morocco	1	5	1	4	N/A
Mozambique	-	-	1	-	N/A
Myanmar	-	-	-	-	N/A
Namibia	-	-	-	-	N/A
Nauru	-	-	-	-	N/A
Nepal	-	-	-	-	N/A
Netherlands	3,074	2,382	2,291	3,637	N/A
Netherlands Antilles	1	1	1	1	N/A
New Caledonia	3	-	-	-	N/A
New Zealand	402	473	270	416	N/A
Nicaragua	-	-	-	-	N/A
Niger	-	-	-	-	N/A
Nigeria	3	4	2	3	N/A
Norfolk Island	1	-	-	-	N/A
Norway	587	470	366	583	N/A
Oman	1	4	-	5	N/A
Pakistan	6	6	10	12	N/A
Palau	1	-	-	-	N/A
Panama	4	6	9	3	N/A
Paraguay	-	-	1	-	N/A
Peru	9	7	12	3	N/A
Philippines	72	37	82	60	N/A
Poland	46	48	75	122	N/A
Portugal	31	22	24	55	N/A
Qatar	1	1	5	1	N/A
Romania	9	10	13	16	N/A
Russian Federation	403	345	266	361	N/A
Saint Kitts & Nevis	1	6	-	-	N/A
San Marino	-	-	-	-	N/A
Saudi Arabia	35	33	37	41	N/A
Senegal	-	-	-	-	N/A
Serbia	-	-	-	-	N/A
Serbia & Montenegro	-	-	3	6	N/A
Seychelles	-	3	-	2	N/A
Sierra Leone	-	-	-	-	N/A
Singapore	792	817	902	949	N/A
Slovakia	15	6	7	18	N/A
Slovenia	21	55	46	50	N/A
Solomon Islands	-	-	-	-	N/A
South Africa	248	263	173	241	N/A
Soviet Union	-	-	-	-	N/A
Spain	690	633	637	855	N/A
Sri Lanka	20	3	3	6	N/A
St. Lucia	1	-	-	-	N/A
Suriname	-	-	-	-	N/A
Swaziland	-	-	-	-	N/A
Sweden	2,692	2,311	1,769	2,371	N/A
Switzerland	2,560	2,362	2,053	2,651	N/A
Syria Arab Rep	3	4	-	2	N/A
Taiwan	13,761	14,537	17,703	17,933	N/A
Tanzania	1	1	-	-	N/A
Thailand	85	88	109	79	N/A
Trinidad & Tobago	1	4	-	6	N/A
Tunisia	3	2	3	1	N/A
Turkey	39	41	49	62	N/A
Turks and Caicos Islands	7	6	2	2	N/A
Uganda	-	-	-	-	N/A
Ukraine	46	39	35	34	N/A
United Arab Emirates	11	10	19	15	N/A
United Kingdom	9,238	8,215	6,679	8,603	N/A
Uruguay	8	10	9	11	N/A
Uzbekistan	3	1	1	-	N/A
Vatican City	1	-	-	-	N/A
Venezuela	41	30	27	31	N/A
Vietnam	1	1	3	6	N/A
Yemen	-	-	-	-	N/A
Yugoslavia	8	10	-	-	N/A
Zimbabwe	2	1	2	1	N/A
Other ³	-	-	-	-	N/A

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. Data is subject to minor revisions. (back to text)

2: FY 2006 preliminary data will be available December 2006, and finalized in the FY 2007 PAR. (back to text)

3: Country of origin information not available. (back to text)

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