107 offices

Offices

An office is where protection was sought. An invention filed in five countries appears at five offices, so these counts measure how much each office is used, not how inventive each country is: for that, see Nations. This is the one page that counts applications, not inventions.

Offices: 107
Applications: 134.5M
Publications: 173.5M
Largest office: China47.4M

All offices

Applications are counted once each. Kinds are as the record tells them apart: a utility model is a shorter, lighter form of protection that some offices grant alongside patents, and it makes up about half of what is filed in China.


China CN	National	47,443,606	48%	52%	–	–	–	–	34,480,659	1984
Japan JP	National	20,515,905	77%	21%	2%	–	–	–	3,003,549	1900
United States US	National	16,673,817	94%	–	5%	–	–	–	4,535,207	1790
Germany DE	National	6,746,140	53%	22%	–	–	18%	7%	666,586	1877
South Korea KR	National	5,674,415	87%	13%	–	–	–	–	1,950,286	1966
WIPO, international applications WO	Regional or international	5,469,515	–	–	–	100%	–	–	2,510,798	1978
European Patent Office EP	Regional or international	4,799,886	100%	–	–	–	–	–	1,650,463	1978
United Kingdom GB	National	3,050,278	100%	–	–	–	–	–	197,632	1782
Canada CA	National	2,754,454	94%	–	6%	–	–	–	390,465	1800
France FR	National	2,549,934	100%	–	–	–	–	–	140,612	1841
Taiwan TW	National	1,948,227	63%	29%	7%	–	–	–	700,878	1983
Australia AU	National	1,800,742	90%	–	9%	–	–	–	348,349	1904
Spain ES	National	1,636,613	36%	24%	–	–	39%	–	184,516	1826
Soviet Union SU	Former state	1,254,442	100%	–	–	–	–	–	1	1900
Russia RU	National	1,178,424	82%	18%	–	–	–	–	252,409	1930
Austria AT	National	1,018,365	44%	2%	–	–	54%	–	15,771	1893
Brazil BR	National	913,021	86%	13%	1%	–	–	–	177,084	1952
Italy IT	National	779,945	79%	21%	–	–	–	–	80,893	1900
Switzerland CH	National	726,411	99%	–	–	–	–	1%	11,636	1888
Belgium BE	National	598,236	100%	–	–	–	–	–	10,380	1851
Netherlands NL	National	570,280	99%	–	–	–	–	1%	24,843	1900
Sweden SE	National	568,669	100%	–	–	–	–	–	12,130	1880
Denmark DK	National	479,433	54%	2%	–	–	44%	–	43,196	1894
Poland PL	National	477,605	58%	6%	–	–	35%	–	112,006	1928
Mexico MX	National	430,517	99%	1%	–	–	–	–	139,762	1961
South Africa ZA	National	332,321	99%	–	1%	–	–	–	56,634	1900
Ukraine UA	National	331,702	36%	49%	15%	–	–	–	91,772	1975
Israel IL	National	301,794	100%	–	–	–	–	–	97,007	1957
Finland FI	National	244,133	89%	6%	–	–	5%	–	21,585	1842
East Germany DD	Former state	234,099	97%	2%	–	–	–	–	0	1900
Norway NO	National	229,767	100%	–	–	–	–	–	12,839	1900
Argentina AR	National	183,553	98%	2%	–	–	–	–	35,568	1962
Hungary HU	National	179,162	95%	4%	–	–	–	1%	27,873	1900
Hong Kong HK	National	164,314	100%	–	–	–	–	–	23,285	1963
Portugal PT	National	156,255	27%	3%	–	–	70%	–	24,047	1900
Singapore SG	National	152,807	100%	–	–	–	–	–	52,424	1970
Türkiye TR	National	151,900	55%	30%	–	–	15%	–	70,822	1965
New Zealand NZ	National	150,118	100%	–	–	–	–	–	14,781	1900
Czechoslovakia CS	Former state	141,516	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	1900
Malaysia MY	National	116,218	100%	–	–	–	–	–	25,574	1953
Czechia CZ	National	104,517	62%	38%	–	–	–	–	15,631	1966
Greece GR	National	103,605	69%	4%	–	–	27%	–	4,035	1920
Philippines PH	National	89,430	64%	15%	21%	–	–	–	46,153	1960
Ireland IE	National	85,610	99%	1%	–	–	–	–	2,398	1928
India IN	National	83,729	100%	–	–	–	–	–	3,845	1900
Romania RO	National	79,523	99%	1%	–	–	–	–	7,782	1900
Luxembourg LU	National	79,231	98%	–	–	–	–	2%	13,026	1900
Eurasian Patent Organization EA	Regional or international	62,668	100%	–	–	–	–	–	17,442	1996
Chile CL	National	62,472	84%	3%	14%	–	–	–	34,030	1997
Bulgaria BG	National	55,373	88%	12%	–	–	–	–	4,372	1963
Slovenia SI	National	55,077	25%	–	–	–	75%	–	11,367	1974
Colombia CO	National	45,523	96%	4%	–	–	–	–	19,278	1984
Yugoslavia YU	Former state	40,883	98%	2%	–	–	–	–	0	1960
Peru PE	National	37,789	85%	15%	–	–	–	–	14,987	1989
Croatia HR	National	37,098	33%	–	–	–	66%	–	13,165	1992
Slovakia SK	National	36,344	70%	30%	–	–	–	–	4,753	1978
Morocco MA	National	33,298	100%	–	–	–	–	–	14,276	1957
Cyprus CY	National	24,853	11%	–	–	–	86%	3%	10,849	1921
Serbia RS	National	23,160	95%	5%	–	–	–	–	9,573	1991
Lithuania LT	National	20,761	25%	–	–	–	72%	3%	8,636	1992
Uruguay UY	National	18,781	85%	4%	10%	–	–	–	5,737	1982
Saudi Arabia SA	National	18,256	100%	–	–	–	–	–	13,229	1978
Ecuador EC	National	17,253	76%	5%	20%	–	–	–	5,176	1990
Indonesia ID	National	14,647	86%	–	–	–	–	14%	4	1982
Egypt EG	National	13,801	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	1967
African Intellectual Property Organization OA	Regional or international	13,436	100%	–	–	–	–	–	4	1959
Costa Rica CR	National	13,374	87%	2%	11%	–	–	–	5,624	1988
Tunisia TN	National	11,699	100%	–	–	–	–	–	2,835	1900
Georgia GE	National	11,390	79%	21%	–	–	–	–	2,488	1985
African Regional Intellectual Property Organization AP	Regional or international	10,832	89%	–	11%	–	–	–	890	1984
Moldova MD	National	9,041	87%	2%	–	–	8%	2%	2,339	1985
San Marino SM	National	7,967	11%	–	4%	–	85%	–	4,309	1997
Guatemala GT	National	7,712	83%	2%	14%	–	–	1%	486	1960
Iceland IS	National	7,552	100%	–	–	–	–	–	88	1924
Estonia EE	National	7,411	77%	23%	–	–	–	–	491	1994
Dominican Republic DO	National	6,651	87%	3%	10%	–	–	–	2,507	1957
Latvia LV	National	6,582	100%	–	–	–	–	–	762	1992
Cuba CU	National	5,818	99%	–	1%	–	–	–	1,027	1959
Jordan JO	National	5,496	100%	–	–	–	–	–	2,445	1968
Paraguay PY	National	3,052	97%	3%	–	–	–	–	2,333	1995
Monaco MC	National	2,852	87%	–	–	–	–	13%	90	1957
Montenegro ME	National	2,755	100%	–	–	–	–	–	283	1993
Zambia ZM	National	2,730	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	1966
Zimbabwe ZW	National	2,639	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	1978
Panama PA	National	2,386	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	1989
Honduras HN	National	2,010	87%	2%	11%	–	–	–	2	1978
Nicaragua NI	National	1,957	92%	1%	7%	–	–	–	706	1999
El Salvador SV	National	1,943	100%	–	–	–	–	–	333	1968
Algeria DZ	National	1,755	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	1976
Kenya KE	National	1,350	99%	–	–	–	–	1%	0	1972
Malawi MW	National	732	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	1971
Malta MT	National	610	100%	–	–	–	–	–	37	1968
Tajikistan TJ	National	451	95%	5%	–	–	–	–	0	1992
Gulf Cooperation Council Patent Office GC	Regional or international	419	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	1998
Mongolia MN	National	233	97%	–	–	–	–	3%	0	1972
Vietnam VN	National	217	75%	24%	–	–	–	1%	0	1980
Bosnia & Herzegovina BA	National	216	82%	–	–	–	–	18%	0	1986
Kazakhstan KZ	National	110	99%	1%	–	–	–	–	12	1992
Belarus BY	National	94	90%	10%	–	–	–	–	2	1993
Uzbekistan UZ	National	23	96%	4%	–	–	–	–	2	1996
Thailand TH	National	16	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	1995
Kyrgyzstan KG	National	8	88%	13%	–	–	–	–	0	2001
Armenia AM	National	6	67%	33%	–	–	–	–	0	2000
European Union Intellectual Property Office EM	Regional or international	3	–	–	100%	–	–	–	1	2004
Trinidad & Tobago TT	National	3	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	1994
Macao MO	National	1	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	2014
Congo - Brazzaville CG	National	1	100%	–	–	–	–	–	0	1965

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