Trademark Applications Filed by
Residents of Foreign Countries for Fiscal Years 1997 through 2001
|
UNITED STATES PATENT APPLICATIONS FILED BY
RESIDENTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES /1
(FY 1997 - FY 2001) |
| Residence |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
| Total |
33,080 |
36,249 |
44,549 |
67,035 |
65,589 |
Algeria |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Andorra |
7 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
| Angola |
- |
- |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| Anguilla |
4 |
5 |
4 |
14 |
18 |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
7 |
- |
6 |
15 |
43 |
| Argentina |
98 |
126 |
142 |
326 |
246 |
| Armenia |
- |
- |
3 |
9 |
8 |
| Aruba |
5 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
13 |
| Australia |
922 |
1,018 |
1,423 |
2,321 |
1,731 |
| Austria |
226 |
343 |
500 |
632 |
604 |
| Bahamas |
67 |
95 |
101 |
148 |
153 |
| Bahrain |
2 |
- |
4 |
- |
3 |
| Bangladesh |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
| Barbados |
35 |
14 |
88 |
89 |
92 |
| Belarus |
1 |
3 |
- |
5 |
- |
| Belgium |
278 |
321 |
409 |
619 |
548 |
| Belize |
1 |
4 |
8 |
9 |
15 |
| Benelux Convention |
13 |
- |
- |
8 |
- |
| Bermuda |
186 |
97 |
148 |
321 |
258 |
| Bolivia |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
| Botswana |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Brazil |
191 |
209 |
211 |
357 |
443 |
| British Virgin Islands |
159 |
235 |
232 |
696 |
363 |
| Brunei |
1 |
15 |
- |
- |
1 |
| Bulgaria |
2 |
4 |
13 |
5 |
6 |
| Burundi |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
- |
| Cambodia |
1 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
| Cameroon |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
| Canada |
6,063 |
6,499 |
7,889 |
9,844 |
8,086 |
| Cayman Islands |
65 |
64 |
50 |
265 |
190 |
| Central African Republic |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Channel Islands |
75 |
42 |
- |
110 |
65 |
| Chile |
58 |
58 |
101 |
132 |
207 |
| China (Mainland) |
308 |
331 |
301 |
438 |
448 |
| Christmas Island |
2 |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
| Columbia |
72 |
57 |
79 |
183 |
170 |
| Comoros |
- |
1 |
- |
3 |
1 |
| Cook Islands |
3 |
3 |
- |
1 |
10 |
| Costa Rica |
26 |
21 |
11 |
25 |
12 |
| Croatia |
1 |
11 |
2 |
9 |
7 |
| Cuba |
5 |
2 |
- |
1 |
1 |
| Cyprus |
9 |
28 |
31 |
71 |
34 |
| Czechoslovakia |
38 |
26 |
30 |
50 |
39 |
| Denmark |
260 |
348 |
382 |
604 |
716 |
| Djibouti |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
| Dominica |
8 |
5 |
- |
2 |
2 |
| Dominican Republic |
59 |
59 |
65 |
62 |
43 |
| Ecuador |
25 |
28 |
19 |
22 |
40 |
| Egypt |
1 |
5 |
2 |
10 |
24 |
| El Salvador |
7 |
12 |
9 |
25 |
59 |
| EPO |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
- |
| Estonia |
1 |
- |
7 |
5 |
13 |
| Ethiopia |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
| Faroe Islands |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Fiji |
3 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
- |
| Finland |
181 |
219 |
340 |
473 |
656 |
| France |
2,483 |
3,095 |
3,695 |
4,860 |
4,636 |
| French Polynesia |
2 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
| French South/Antarctic |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
| Gabon |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Georgia |
- |
11 |
7 |
7 |
12 |
| Germany |
4,080 |
4,519 |
6,307 |
10,218 |
9,474 |
| Ghana |
1 |
2 |
5 |
- |
- |
| Gibraltar |
- |
6 |
48 |
31 |
12 |
| Greece |
16 |
22 |
30 |
92 |
22 |
| Greenland |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
| Grenada |
- |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| Guadeloupe |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
| Guatemala |
7 |
7 |
18 |
14 |
30 |
| Guinea |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Guyana |
3 |
- |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| Hague |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Haiti |
4 |
5 |
3 |
- |
8 |
| Honduras |
7 |
15 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| Hong Kong |
437 |
478 |
625 |
1,097 |
898 |
| Hungary |
15 |
11 |
21 |
31 |
48 |
| Iceland |
8 |
24 |
26 |
50 |
64 |
| India |
93 |
78 |
123 |
252 |
214 |
| Indonesia |
37 |
29 |
23 |
31 |
50 |
| Iran |
77 |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
| Ireland |
252 |
223 |
386 |
560 |
469 |
| Isle of Man |
108 |
41 |
28 |
38 |
34 |
| Israel |
333 |
431 |
621 |
1,033 |
835 |
| Italy |
1,557 |
1,562 |
1,868 |
2,548 |
2380 |
| Jamaica |
10 |
40 |
33 |
51 |
56 |
| Japan |
2,845 |
2,883 |
3,028 |
4,273 |
9,008 |
| Jordan |
4 |
2 |
28 |
7 |
13 |
| Kazakhstan |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Kenya |
3 |
2 |
- |
5 |
42 |
| Korea, Dem. Republic
of |
10 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
- |
| Korea, Republic of |
419 |
436 |
498 |
943 |
913 |
| Kuwait |
4 |
2 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
| Latvia |
7 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
| Laos |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Lebanon |
1 |
2 |
14 |
4 |
13 |
| Liberia |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
- |
| Liechtenstein |
47 |
100 |
110 |
149 |
89 |
| Lithuania |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
3 |
| Luxembourg |
120 |
113 |
137 |
198 |
135 |
| Macau |
4 |
7 |
2 |
- |
1 |
| Macedonia |
2 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
| Malawi, Republic of |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Malaysia |
49 |
46 |
42 |
94 |
66 |
| Mali |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Malta |
3 |
3 |
1 |
26 |
6 |
| Marshall Islands |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
2 |
| Martinique |
6 |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
| Mauritania |
- |
1 |
- |
2 |
- |
| Mauritius |
- |
1 |
18 |
61 |
30 |
| Mayotte |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Mexico |
669 |
677 |
852 |
809 |
982 |
| Micronesia |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
| Moldova |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
2 |
| Monaco |
39 |
87 |
104 |
70 |
136 |
| Mongolia |
3 |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
| Morocco |
1 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
- |
| Myanmar |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| N. Mariana Island |
1 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
| Namibia |
- |
- |
- |
- |
3 |
| Nauru |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Navassa Island |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Nepal |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
| Netherlands |
1,062 |
1,207 |
1,472 |
2,220 |
2,063 |
| Netherlands Antilles
|
77 |
39 |
97 |
92 |
64 |
| New Caledonia |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
1 |
| New Hebrides |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
1 |
| New Zealand |
162 |
218 |
314 |
324 |
359 |
| Newfoundland |
- |
- |
2 |
1 |
2 |
| Nicaragua |
5 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| Nigeria |
1 |
- |
- |
9 |
- |
| Norway |
133 |
240 |
226 |
317 |
319 |
| Oman |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
2 |
| Pakistan |
5 |
2 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
| Panama |
30 |
28 |
46 |
20 |
36 |
| Papua New Guinea |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Paraguay |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Peru |
6 |
7 |
10 |
20 |
27 |
| Philippines |
27 |
17 |
19 |
15 |
42 |
| Pitcairn Islands |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Poland |
20 |
24 |
26 |
41 |
64 |
| Portugal |
57 |
57 |
95 |
110 |
134 |
| Qatar |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| Reunion |
3 |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
| Romania |
7 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
14 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis |
- |
1 |
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