Patents granted to some countries as a share of total foreign patents in the United States in 2000-2004
| Country | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | |||||
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Japan | 31,295 | 43.2 | 33,224 | 42.4 | 34,858 | 43.4 | 35,516 | 43.8 | 35,350 | 44.2 |
| Germany | 10,235 | 14.1 | 11,260 | 14.4 | 11,280 | 14.0 | 11,444 | 14.1 | 10,779 | 13.5 |
| Taiwan | 4,667 | 6.4 | 5,371 | 6.8 | 5,431 | 6.8 | 5,298 | 6.5 | 5,938 | 7.4 |
| South Korea | 3,314 | 4.6 | 3,538 | 4.5 | 3,786 | 4.7 | 3,944 | 4.9 | 4,428 | 5.5 |
| United Kingdom | 3,669 | 5.1 | 3,967 | 5.1 | 3,843 | 4.8 | 3,630 | 4.5 | 3,450 | 4.3 |
| France | 3,819 | 5.3 | 4,041 | 5.2 | 4,035 | 5.0 | 3,868 | 4.8 | 3,380 | 4.2 |
| Canada | 3,419 | 4.7 | 3,606 | 4.6 | 3,431 | 4.3 | 3,426 | 4.2 | 3,374 | 4.2 |
| Italy | 1,714 | 2.4 | 1,709 | 2.2 | 1,751 | 2.2 | 1,722 | 2.1 | 1,584 | 2.0 |
| Sweden | 1,577 | 2.2 | 1,741 | 2.2 | 1,675 | 2.1 | 1,521 | 1.9 | 1,290 | 1.6 |
| Switzerland | 1,322 | 1.8 | 1,420 | 1.8 | 1,364 | 1.7 | 1,308 | 1.6 | 1,277 | 1.6 |
| Netherlands | 1,241 | 1.7 | 1,332 | 1.7 | 1,391 | 1.7 | 1,325 | 1.6 | 1,273 | 1.6 |
| Israel | 783 | 1.1 | 970 | 1.2 | 1,040 | 1.3 | 1,193 | 1.5 | 1,028 | 1.3 |
| Australia | 705 | 1.0 | 876 | 1.1 | 859 | 1.1 | 900 | 1.1 | 953 | 1.2 |
| Finland | 618 | 0.9 | 732 | 0.9 | 809 | 1.0 | 865 | 1.1 | 918 | 1.1 |
| Belgium | 694 | 1.0 | 718 | 0.9 | 722 | 0.9 | 622 | 0.8 | 612 | 0.8 |
| Austria | 505 | 0.7 | 589 | 0.8 | 530 | 0.7 | 592 | 0.7 | 540 | 0.7 |
| Singapore | 218 | 0.3 | 296 | 0.4 | 410 | 0.5 | 427 | 0.5 | 449 | 0.6 |
| Denmark | 436 | 0.6 | 479 | 0.6 | 426 | 0.5 | 529 | 0.7 | 414 | 0.5 |
| China | 119 | 0.2 | 195 | 0.2 | 289 | 0.4 | 297 | 0.4 | 404 | 0.5 |
| India | 131 | 0.2 | 178 | 0.2 | 249 | 0.3 | 341 | 0.4 | 363 | 0.5 |
| Spain | 270 | 0.4 | 269 | 0.3 | 303 | 0.4 | 309 | 0.4 | 264 | 0.3 |
| Norway | 248 | 0.3 | 265 | 0.3 | 242 | 0.3 | 262 | 0.3 | 243 | 0.3 |
| Foreign patents total | 72,426 | 100.0 | 78,436 | 100.0 | 80,360 | 100.0 | 81,125 | 100.0 | 80,022 | 100.0 |
| All total | 157,494 | 166,037 | 167,332 | 169,026 | 164,293 | |||||
Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Last updated 21.12.2005
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