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 |