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Non-resident share of patent applications of the top 20 countries 2016

Non-resident share of patent applications of the top 20 national patent offices in 2016

The data displays the non-resident share of patent applications of the top 20 national patent offices, by percentage of patent applications, in 2016. In 2016, about 51.2% of patent applications filed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office were from non-resident companies and organizations.

China	10	90
United States	51.2	48.8
Japan	18.3	81.7
Republic of Korea	21.7	78.3
European Patent Office	52.3	47.7
Germany	28.6	71.4
India	70.7	29.3
Russian Federation	35.6	64.4
Canada	88.3	11.7
Australia	90.8	9.2
Brazil	81.4	18.6
United Kingdom	37.1	62.9
Mexico	92.5	7.5
France	12.4	87.6
Iran	4.5	95.5
China, Hong Kong SAR	98.3	1.7
Singapore	85.4	14.6
Italy	9.9	90.1
South Africa	71.3	28.7

Non-resident share of patent applications of the top 20 countries 2016

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