20-60 Three Types of Patent Applications Examined and Granted by Country (Territory) (1998)
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Country(Territory)	Number of				Number of
	Patent	Inventions	Utility	Designs	Patent	Inventions	Utility	Designs
	Applications		Models		Applications		Models
	Examined				Granted
Total	25756	22234	177	3345	6511	3078	185	3248
Japan	9398	7697	51	1650	2599	926	52	1621
Malaysia	15	9		6	12	1	1	10
Singapore	56	25	1	30	54	2	1	51
Thailand	6	2	1	3	7		1	6
Hong Kong, China	915	75	110	730	794	13	63	718
Macao	15		6	9	3			3
Taiwan	7727	991	5446	1290	5590	68	4096	1426
Republic of Korea	1834	1670	35	129	330	149	58	123
Cyprus	1			1
Sri Lanka	1	1			1			1
India	38	21		17	12	3		9
Monaco	4	4			1	1
South Africa	22	20		2	6	6
Germany	2489	2295	9	185	470	319	1	150
Holland	663	540	2	121	183	98	3	82
England	776	691	7	78	243	132	7	104
Switzerland	741	650	3	88	287	141	2	144
Denmark	176	158		18	37	22	2	13
Hungary	12	12			4	3	1
Austria	103	94		9	42	33		9
Belgium	82	78		4	35	20		15
France	993	901	1	91	279	142	2	135
Norway	62	59		3	17	13		4
Former Soviet Union	28	26		2
Luxembourg	6	6			15	12		3
Liechtenstein	23	23			11	10		1
Spain	41	33	2	6	13	10	3
Yugoslavia					1	1
Czechoslovakia	2	2			3	2	1
Poland	2	2			2	2
Ireland	28	26		2	3	3
Finland	275	239	1	35	53	27		26
Bulgaria					2	2
Italy	375	290	6	79	138	76	6	56
Sweden	488	460		28	91	56		35
Israel	80	71		9	16	10		6
Panama	16	16			1	1
Brazil	31	19		2	2	2
United States	6396	5675	27	694	1418	783	31	604
Canada	187	174	4	9	38	25	5	8
New Zealand	22	20	1	1	2	1		1
Australia	168	139	3	26	58	36	4	18