Table 21: Trademark Applications Filed by Residents of Foreign Countries
| Residence | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 50,052 | 49,371 | 46,832 | 60,995 | 71,551 |
| Afghanistan | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| Algeria | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andorra | 5 | 3 | - | 3 | 7 |
| Angola | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| Anguilla | 11 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 8 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 30 | - | 2 | 26 | 97 |
| Argentina | 189 | 266 | 202 | 225 | 228 |
| Armenia | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 22 |
| Aruba | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | - |
| Australia | 1,478 | 1,794 | 1,845 | 2,204 | 2,593 |
| Austria | 743 | 444 | 401 | 696 | 1,125 |
| Azerbaijan | - | - | 5 | - | - |
| Bahamas | 220 | 158 | 139 | 207 | 192 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 7 |
| Bangladesh | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barbados | 120 | 165 | 207 | 213 | 177 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1 | - | 18 | 3 |
| Belgium | 454 | 425 | 266 | 581 | 606 |
| Belize | 23 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 52 |
| Benelux Convention | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Benin | - | - | 3 | 2 | - |
| Bermuda | 322 | 340 | 282 | 251 | 234 |
| Bolivia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Botswana | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brazil | 472 | 400 | 453 | 495 | 445 |
| British Vrgin Islands | 259 | 202 | 151 | 389 | 665 |
| Brunei | - | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 13 | 17 | 84 | 81 |
| Burundi | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cambodia | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cameroon | 3 | - | 2 | - | 8 |
| Canada | 6,765 | 6,838 | 7,365 | 7,730 | 8,337 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Cayman Islands | 117 | 113 | 81 | 188 | 134 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Channel Islands | 72 | 50 | 27 | 73 | 67 |
| Chile | 141 | 190 | 183 | 217 | 161 |
| China (mainland) | 472 | 474 | 594 | 1,246 | 1,784 |
| Christmas Island | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Colombia | 135 | 151 | 181 | 156 | 185 |
| Comoros | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cook Islands | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Costa Rica | 23 | 32 | 41 | 58 | 73 |
| Cote D'Ivorie | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Croatia | 10 | 6 | 10 | 47 | 34 |
| Cuba | 2 | - | 2 | 26 | 11 |
| Cyprus | 21 | 66 | 60 | 73 | 115 |
| Czechoslovakia | 58 | 55 | 59 | 93 | 164 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | - | - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 568 | 564 | 353 | 637 | 886 |
| Djibouti | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dominica | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Dominican Republic | 40 | 57 | 13 | 47 | 64 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ecuador | 10 | 15 | 25 | 18 | 15 |
| Egypt | 3 | 8 | 19 | 17 | 8 |
| El Salvador | 33 | 35 | 55 | 50 | 31 |
| EPO | - | - | - | - | - |
| Estonia | 10 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 24 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| Faroe Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fiji | 10 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
| Finland | 442 | 336 | 275 | 374 | 476 |
| France | 3,546 | 3,473 | 2,427 | 4,555 | 4,843 |
| French Guiana | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 6 | 49 | 16 | 9 |
| French South/Antarctic | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gabon | - | - | - | - | - |
| Georgia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Germany | 7,195 | 6,412 | 6,466 | 8,146 | 9,896 |
| Ghana | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gibraltar | 11 | 21 | 24 | 65 | 50 |
| Greece | 46 | 44 | 236 | 64 | 120 |
| Greenland | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Grenada | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Guadeloupe | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Guatemala | 19 | 8 | 39 | 42 | 31 |
| Guinea | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guyana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Hague | - | - | - | - | - |
| Haiti | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Honduras | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| Hong Kong | 860 | 794 | 862 | 1,130 | 1,113 |
| Hungary | 35 | 33 | 40 | 88 | 115 |
| Iceland | 15 | 35 | 86 | 42 | 74 |
| India | 267 | 291 | 260 | 275 | 346 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 45 | 24 | 55 | 32 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 20 | 12 | 13 |
| Ireland | 331 | 317 | 359 | 392 | 488 |
| Isle of Man | 55 | 27 | 27 | 56 | 59 |
| Israel | 448 | 480 | 476 | 534 | 614 |
| Italy | 1,919 | 2,115 | 1,577 | 2,894 | 4,057 |
| Jamaica | 33 | 31 | 50 | 55 | 55 |
| Japan | 4,450 | 4,342 | 4,239 | 4,824 | 4,705 |
| Jordan | 14 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 14 |
| Kazakhstan | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Kenya | 13 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
| Korea, Dem. Republic of | 1 | 6 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Korea, Republic of | 887 | 758 | 446 | 614 | 1,207 |
| Kuwait | 3 | - | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Latvia | - | 7 | 8 | 29 | 29 |
| Laos | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lebanon | 10 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 14 |
| Liberia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Liechtenstein | 61 | 58 | 56 | 165 | 180 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| Luxembourg | 186 | 130 | 134 | 294 | 403 |
| Macao | - | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Macau | 3 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Macedonia | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Madagascar | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Malawi, Republic of | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malaysia | 60 | 28 | 98 | 97 | 81 |
| Mali | - | - | - | - | - |
| Malta | 3 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 50 |
| Marshall Islands | - | - | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Martinique | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mauritania | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Mauritius | 38 | 44 | 46 | 27 | 61 |
| Mayotte | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mexico | 1,026 | 994 | 1,103 | 1,403 | 1,487 |
| Micronesia | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Moldova | - | - | - | - | - |
| Monaco | 72 | 68 | 69 | 81 | 147 |
| Mongolia | - | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Morocco | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 33 |
| Mozambique | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| N. Mariana Island | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Namibia | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Nauru | - | - | - | - | - |
| Navassa Island | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nepal | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| Netherlands | 1,596 | 1,331 | 1,088 | 1,725 | 2,133 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 55 | 30 | 22 | 41 | 56 |
| New Caledonia | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Hebrides | - | - | - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 292 | 362 | 535 | 510 | 513 |
| Newfoundland | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| Nicaragua | 5 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Niue | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Norway | 206 | 178 | 159 | 331 | 354 |
| Oman | 2 | - | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 20 |
| Panama | 47 | 46 | 108 | 125 | 131 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Paraguay | 2 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 18 |
| Peru | 37 | 28 | 33 | 50 | 40 |
| Philippines | 31 | 12 | 26 | 56 | 86 |
| Pitcairn Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poland | 59 | 99 | 97 | 148 | 189 |
| Portugal | 106 | 133 | 77 | 198 | 309 |
| Qatar | 6 | - | - | 6 | 10 |
| Republic Moldova | - | 22 | 2 | 22 | 16 |
| Reunion | - | - | - | - | - |
| Romania | 14 | 1 | 6 | 48 | 24 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Saint Christ-Nevis | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
| Saint Lucia | 2 | - | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Saint Pierre/Mique | - | - | - | - | - |
| Saint Vincent/Grenadines | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Samoa | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| San Marino | - | - | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 18 | 26 | 21 | 27 | 50 |
| Scotland | 82 | 94 | 35 | 66 | 105 |
| Senegal, Rebublic of | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Serbia/Montenegro | - | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Seychelles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 23 |
| Sierra Leone | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Singapore | 283 | 285 | 205 | 311 | 355 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 31 |
| Slovenia | 36 | 38 | 13 | 53 | 67 |
| Solomon Islands | - | - | - | - | - |
| Somalia | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Africa | 170 | 175 | 194 | 208 | 285 |
| Russian Federation | 145 | 144 | 118 | 276 | 380 |
| Spain | 852 | 984 | 1,097 | 1,136 | 1,735 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 21 |
| Sudan | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Suriname | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Sweden | 836 | 919 | 658 | 1,123 | 1,127 |
| Switzerland | 2,754 | 2,867 | 2,093 | 3,346 | 3,687 |
| Syria | - | - | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Taiwan | 1,143 | 1,259 | 1,424 | 1,196 | 1,427 |
| Tajikistan | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tanzania | - | - | - | - | - |
| Thailand | 103 | 153 | 127 | 114 | 80 |
| Togo | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tokelau | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tonga | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 9 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| Tunisia | - | 3 | - | 5 | 3 |
| Turkey | 85 | 166 | 174 | 349 | 461 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 5 | - | - | - | 24 |
| Uganda | 1 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Ukraine | 2 | 29 | 19 | 59 | 61 |
| United Arab Emirates | 31 | 24 | 21 | 48 | 150 |
| United Kingdom | 5,597 | 5,586 | 5,432 | 6,273 | 7,557 |
| Uruguay | 19 | 36 | 41 | 47 | 37 |
| Uzbekistan | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Vanuatu | 2 | 31 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| Venezuela | 75 | 112 | 73 | 53 | 61 |
| Vietnam | 55 | 79 | 60 | 39 | 41 |
| Yemen | - | - | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | - | 10 | 9 | 36 |
| Yukon Territory | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zambia | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Other  1 |
257 | 143 | 82 | 261 | 183 |
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Notes: - Represents zero. 1: Country of origin information not available or not indicated in database, includes African Regional Industrial Property Organization filings. (back to text) |
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