Table 10: Patents Issued by the United States to Residents of Foreign Countries
| Residence | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 83,970 | 89,699 | 89,257 | 80,245 | 80,013 |
| Albania | - | - | - | - | - |
| Algeria | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Angola | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Anguilla | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antigua & Barbuda | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arab Emirates | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Argentina | 54 | 68 | 57 | 37 | 39 |
| Armenia | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Aruba | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Australia | 955 | 1,040 | 1,079 | 1,091 | 1,413 |
| Austria | 535 | 627 | 606 | 546 | 575 |
| Azerbaijan | - | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Bahamas | 14 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
Bahrain  2 |
- | - | - | - | - |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Barbados | 6 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Belarus | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Belgium | 772 | 762 | 698 | 629 | 665 |
| Bermuda | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 113 | 150 | 192 | 93 | 152 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 10 | 7 | 5 |
| Brunei | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Canada | 3,809 | 3,869 | 3,980 | 3,368 | 3,743 |
| Cayman Islands | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Chile | 13 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 12 |
| China (Hong Kong) | 546 | 667 | 672 | 627 | 717 |
| China (Mainland) | 347 | 442 | 551 | 583 | 868 |
| Columbia | 14 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cook Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Costa Rica | 10 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 29 |
| Croatia | 10 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 17 |
| Cuba | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Czech Republic | 24 | 38 | 40 | 28 | 28 |
| Czechoslovakia | 4 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Denmark | 569 | 609 | 580 | 463 | 547 |
| Dominica | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Egypt | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| El Salvador | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Estonia | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Faroe Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiji | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Finland | 805 | 904 | 1,002 | 778 | 946 |
| France | 4,289 | 4,228 | 3,846 | 3,355 | 3,542 |
| French Guiana | - | - | - | - | - |
| French Polynesia | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Georgia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Germany | 11,529 | 12,361 | 11,623 | 10,502 | 10,083 |
| Ghana | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gibraltar | - | - | - | - | - |
| Greece | 21 | 26 | 15 | 18 | 22 |
| Guadeloupe | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guatemala | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Guinea | - | - | - | - | - |
| Haiti | - | - | - | - | - |
| Honduras | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Hungary | 49 | 67 | 62 | 48 | 41 |
| Iceland | 17 | 17 | 18 | 23 | 22 |
| India | 254 | 338 | 366 | 405 | 470 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 13 | 12 | 36 | 11 |
| Iran | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Ireland | 136 | 187 | 190 | 192 | 186 |
| Israel | 1,042 | 1,265 | 1,157 | 1,000 | 1,231 |
| Italy | 1,945 | 2,015 | 2,009 | 1,706 | 1,817 |
| Ivory Coast | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Jamaica | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Japan | 34,954 | 37,862 | 37,734 | 34,079 | 36,481 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Kenya | 3 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 4 |
| Korea, Democratic Republic of | - | - | - | - | - |
| Korea, Republic of | 3,755 | 4,198 | 4,590 | 4,811 | 5,835 |
| Kuwait | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | - | - | - | - |
| Latvia | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Liechtenstein | 15 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 13 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Luxembourg | 52 | 55 | 56 | 49 | 48 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Macedonia, Former | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Madagascar | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Malaysia | 57 | 65 | 86 | 95 | 124 |
| Malta | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mauritius | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 93 | 92 | 113 | 88 | 93 |
| Moldova, Republic | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Monaco | 16 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 9 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Myanmar | - | - | - | - | - |
| Namibia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 1,604 | 1,640 | 1,619 | 1,268 | 1,504 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| New Caledonia | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Guinea | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 162 | 171 | 187 | 163 | 159 |
| Nicaragua | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Nigeria | 3 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Norfolk Island | - | - | - | - | - |
| Norway | 262 | 277 | 271 | 245 | 250 |
| Oman | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Panama | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Paraguay | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Peru | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Philippines | 20 | 17 | 28 | 18 | 30 |
| Poland | 14 | 16 | 18 | 29 | 26 |
| Portugal | 12 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 18 |
| Palau | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Qatar | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Romania | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 |
| Russian Federation | 198 | 208 | 187 | 160 | 169 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Saint Vincent/The Grenadines | - | - | - | - | - |
| San Marino | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saudi Arabia | 8 | 20 | 13 | 16 | 21 |
| Serbia 2 |
- | - | - | - | 2 |
| Serbia and Montenegro 2 |
- | 1 | 1 | 5 | - |
| Singapore | 392 | 443 | 498 | 420 | 424 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 16 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 21 |
| South Africa | 107 | 145 | 107 | 115 | 123 |
| Soviet Union | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Spain | 350 | 341 | 337 | 320 | 373 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Suriname | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sweden | 1,824 | 1,708 | 1,452 | 1,269 | 1,255 |
| Switzerland | 1,489 | 1,513 | 1,406 | 1,214 | 1,295 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Taiwan | 6,346 | 6,719 | 7,376 | 6,311 | 7,356 |
| Tanzania | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Thailand | 49 | 53 | 33 | 28 | 38 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 2 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Tunisia | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Turkey | 16 | 21 | 31 | 11 | 24 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| Uganda | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Ukraine | 28 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 27 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 3 | - | - | - |
| United Kingdom | 4,076 | 4,110 | 4,044 | 3,744 | 3,978 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Venezuela | 27 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 14 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Yemen | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Yugoslavia 2 |
5 | - | - | - | - |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 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: Each patent grant is listed under only one country of residence; for example, patent grants having “Yugoslavia” as the country of residence of applicant are neither included in the count for “Serbia” nor in the count for “Serbia and Montenegro.” (back to text)
