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Number of technology patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin

Number of technology (utility) patent grants in the United States as of 2015, by country of origin of applicant

The data depicts the number of technology patent grants in the U.S. between 1991 to 2015, by country of origin. As of 2015, a total number of 857,292 technology patents were granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to applicants from Japan.

Japan 857292
Germany 255164
South Korea 152012
Taiwan 135976
France 96388
UK 91667
Canada 90988
Italy 40409
China, People's Republic 38272
Switzerland 35209
Sweden 34038
Netherlands 33539
Israel 31421
Australia 25004
Finland 19038
India 17195
Belgium 16131
Austria 14175
Denmark 11878
Singapore 9190
Spain 8251
China, Hong Kong S.A.R 6712
Norway 6660
Russian Federation 4807
Ireland 4371
New Zealand 3168
Brazil 3101
South Africa 2834
Malaysia 2366
Mexico 1964
Hungary 1737
Saudi Arabia 1453
Czech Republic 1238
Argentina 1088
Poland 972
Luxembourg 831