Table 22: Trademark Applications Filed by Residents of Foreign Countries
| Residence | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 84,072 | 86,882 | 77,448 | 79,664 | 85,116 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| Albania | 1 | 3 | - | - | 6 |
| Algeria | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Andorra | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | - |
| Angola | - | - | - | 11 | 11 |
| Anguilla | 4 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 17 |
| Antarctica | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 2 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 15 |
| Argentina | 253 | 266 | 223 | 279 | 283 |
| Armenia | 5 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 32 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Australia | 3,685 | 3,164 | 3,025 | 3,004 | 3,154 |
| Austria | 1,187 | 1,344 | 1,181 | 980 | 1,212 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 3 | - | - | 8 |
| Bahamas | 218 | 152 | 121 | 99 | 153 |
| Bahrain | 17 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 31 |
| Bangladesh | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Barbados | 322 | 310 | 164 | 274 | 161 |
| Belarus | 16 | 20 | 10 | 46 | 35 |
| Belgium | 804 | 869 | 997 | 788 | 760 |
| Belize | 30 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 30 |
| Benin | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Bermuda | 353 | 296 | 178 | 164 | 182 |
| Bhutan | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Bolivia | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Botswana | - | - | 3 | 1 | 48 |
| Brazil | 525 | 517 | 477 | 546 | 548 |
| British Virgin Islands | 625 | 623 | 498 | 558 | 597 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 145 | 101 | 95 | 77 | 72 |
| Burkina Faso | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Cambodia | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| Cameroon | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Canada | 9,127 | 9,614 | 8,354 | 8,707 | 9,257 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Cayman Islands | 296 | 360 | 390 | 263 | 292 |
| Channel Islands | 104 | 68 | 37 | 73 | 127 |
| Chile | 201 | 206 | 185 | 193 | 263 |
| China (Hong Kong) | 1,305 | 1,211 | 1,162 | 1,190 | 1,492 |
| China (Macau) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| China (mainland) | 2,364 | 2,262 | 2,096 | 2,808 | 3,652 |
| Colombia | 249 | 187 | 183 | 185 | 184 |
| Cook Islands | - | - | 5 | 4 | - |
| Costa Rica | 68 | 100 | 66 | 91 | 65 |
| Croatia | 12 | 22 | 42 | 33 | 14 |
| Cuba | 3 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Curacao | - | - | - | - | 60 |
| Cyprus | 88 | 101 | 115 | 151 | 210 |
| Czechoslovakia | 212 | 256 | 266 | 164 | 256 |
| Denmark | 922 | 1,197 | 997 | 884 | 827 |
| Dominica | 2 | 9 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | 70 | 77 | 50 | 79 | 51 |
| Ecuador | 28 | 24 | 32 | 27 | 47 |
| Egypt | 11 | 11 | 14 | 27 | 38 |
| El Salvador | 69 | 56 | 34 | 36 | 36 |
| Estonia | 26 | 35 | 48 | 64 | 37 |
| Ethiopia | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 12 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Fiji | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | 5 |
| Finland | 548 | 526 | 547 | 746 | 675 |
| France | 5,460 | 6,254 | 5,620 | 6,176 | 5,868 |
| French Polynesia | 9 | 3 | 2 | - | 11 |
| Gabon | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Georgia | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| Germany | 11,455 | 12,686 | 11,345 | 10,300 | 10,603 |
| Ghana | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Gibraltar | 59 | 32 | 52 | 30 | 61 |
| Greece | 126 | 244 | 137 | 209 | 166 |
| Grenada | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Guadeloupe | 2 | - | - | 3 | - |
| Guatemala | 56 | 39 | 29 | 27 | 16 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Guyana | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 2 |
| Honduras | 5 | 9 | 17 | 15 | 2 |
| Hungary | 135 | 77 | 155 | 118 | 87 |
| Iceland | 140 | 240 | 87 | 67 | 62 |
| India | 412 | 697 | 461 | 645 | 717 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 62 | 64 | 51 | 56 |
| Iran | 9 | 39 | 27 | 38 | 28 |
| Iraq | - | - | 4 | - | 1 |
| Ireland | 634 | 724 | 441 | 567 | 615 |
| Isle of Man | 82 | 101 | 36 | 82 | 56 |
| Israel | 761 | 764 | 679 | 598 | 677 |
| Italy | 4,912 | 4,395 | 4,203 | 3,770 | 4,284 |
| Jamaica | 32 | 49 | 53 | 14 | 20 |
| Japan | 5,258 | 4,764 | 4,832 | 4,633 | 5,054 |
| Jordan | 15 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 33 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 7 | - | - | 3 |
| Kenya | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Korea, Dem. Republic of | 2 | - | 1 | 6 | - |
| Korea, Republic of | 1,599 | 1,566 | 1,554 | 2,069 | 2,028 |
| Kuwait | 37 | 37 | 16 | 20 | 10 |
| Latvia | 29 | 20 | 30 | 48 | 33 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 22 | 24 | 28 | 34 |
| Liberia | - | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Liechtenstein | 202 | 247 | 240 | 99 | 182 |
| Lithuania | 6 | 25 | 17 | 10 | 30 |
| Luxembourg | 403 | 550 | 499 | 888 | 807 |
| Macao | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 10 |
| Macedonia | 8 | 7 | - | 8 | 4 |
| Madagascar | - | - | 7 | - | - |
| Malaysia | 93 | 119 | 126 | 122 | 89 |
| Malta | 24 | 48 | 81 | 34 | 63 |
| Marshall Islands | - | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Martinique | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Mauritania | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Mauritius | 63 | 32 | 28 | 39 | 64 |
| Mexico | 1,592 | 1,484 | 1,393 | 1,790 | 1,792 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Monaco | 158 | 113 | 81 | 96 | 168 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 30 |
| Montserrat | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| Morocco | 26 | 60 | 35 | 48 | 23 |
| Mozambique | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Myanmar | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| N. Mariana Island | - | - | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 2 | - | 5 |
| Netherlands | 2,367 | 2,618 | 2,220 | 2,387 | 2,357 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 130 | 76 | 68 | 113 | 41 |
| New Zealand | 648 | 534 | 486 | 482 | 520 |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 |
| Norway | 616 | 630 | 835 | 556 | 638 |
| Oman | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 25 | 27 | 19 | 17 | 17 |
| Palau | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Panama | 88 | 149 | 114 | 167 | 148 |
| Papua New Guinea | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Paraguay | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| Peru | 46 | 101 | 49 | 38 | 69 |
| Philippines | 55 | 62 | 66 | 54 | 65 |
| Poland | 196 | 273 | 300 | 225 | 240 |
| Portugal | 268 | 372 | 318 | 335 | 261 |
| Qatar | 34 | 16 | 10 | 20 | 43 |
| Republic Moldova | 18 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 9 |
| Romania | 53 | 73 | 37 | 78 | 83 |
| Russian Federation | 441 | 733 | 676 | 650 | 591 |
| Rwanda | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Saint Christ-Nevis | 26 | 31 | 16 | 6 | - |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | - | - | - | - | 31 |
| Saint Lucia | 5 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 12 |
| Saint Marten | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Saint Vincent/Grenadines | - | - | 6 | 17 | 1 |
| Samoa | 6 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 11 |
| San Marino | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 8 |
| Sao Tome/Principe | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 71 | 61 | 49 | 61 | 66 |
| Scotland | 93 | 73 | 18 | 27 | 56 |
| Senegal, Republic of | - | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Serbia/Montenegro | 42 | 11 | 14 | 38 | 47 |
| Seychelles | 24 | 27 | 26 | 19 | 38 |
| Singapore | 503 | 479 | 526 | 470 | 695 |
| Slovakia | 67 | 82 | 46 | 56 | 65 |
| Slovenia | 171 | 105 | 152 | 82 | 129 |
| South Africa | 241 | 218 | 183 | 232 | 253 |
| Spain | 1,742 | 1,864 | 1,798 | 1,789 | 2,200 |
| Sri Lanka | 16 | 33 | 15 | 17 | 19 |
| Suriname | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Swaziland | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Sweden | 1,521 | 1,482 | 1,222 | 1,467 | 1,536 |
| Switzerland | 4,692 | 4,772 | 3,883 | 4,750 | 4,770 |
| Syria | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 |
| Taiwan | 1,257 | 1,283 | 1,221 | 1,359 | 1,525 |
| Tanzania | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Thailand | 155 | 206 | 146 | 105 | 174 |
| Timor-Leste | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Togo | - | 5 | - | - | 8 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 37 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 5 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 17 |
| Turkey | 632 | 602 | 511 | 363 | 571 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 4 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 18 |
| Uganda | - | 3 | 1 | - | 3 |
| Ukraine | 81 | 90 | 63 | 102 | 92 |
| United Arab Emirates | 171 | 307 | 212 | 135 | 172 |
| United Kingdom | 9,431 | 9,463 | 7,624 | 7,727 | 8,451 |
| Uruguay | 57 | 35 | 35 | 47 | 35 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Venezuela | 77 | 120 | 35 | 38 | 62 |
| Vietnam | 40 | 61 | 101 | 71 | 61 |
| West Bank/Gaza | - | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Yemen | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 4 |
| Yugoslavia | 8 | 4 | - | 3 | - |
| Zimbabwe | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Other1 | 35 | 16 | 33 | 11 | 8 |
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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