18-58 THREE TYPES OF PATENT APPLICATIONS EXAMINED AND CERTIFIED

BY COUNTRY-REGION (1995)

Unit: item

 

County-Region

Number of Patent Applications Examined

 

Number of Patent Applications Certified

 

Creations and Inventions

Utility Models

Designs

Creations and Inventions

Utility Models

Designs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

14165

11618

312

2235

3816

1863

276

1677

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan

5135

4302

94

739

1046

490

73

483

Malaysia

10

7

 

3

 

 

 

 

Singapore

26

3

1

22

10

1

3

6

Thailand

6

1

5

 

24

1

13

10

Macao

15

 

13

2

2

 

2

 

Hong Kong

655

53

66

536

633

16

72

545

Republic of Korea

982

885

33

64

152

55

45

52

Cyprus

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sri Lanka

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

India

6

2

2

2

1

 

 

1

Monaco

1

1

 

 

1

1

 

 

South Africa

20

19

 

1

 

 

 

 

Germany

1277

1193

8

76

202

145

4

53

Holland

299

223

 

76

137

72

1

64

England

353

303

10

40

90

52

5

33

Switzerland

595

478

 

117

181

96

1

84

Denmark

82

53

 

29

12

10

 

2

Hungary

6

6

 

 

6

6

 

 

Austria

65

58

 

7

26

25

 

1

Belgium

49

43

3

3

20

16

 

4

France

640

575

9

56

135

89

7

39

Norway

18

18

 

 

8

7

 

1

Former Soviet Union

7

7

 

 

1

1

 

 

Luxembourg

5

5

 

 

15

11

 

4

Liechtenstein

27

27

 

 

5

5

 

 

Spain

42

25

4

13

13

8

3

2

Yugoslavia

3

2

 

1

3

3

 

 

Czechoslovakia

10

9

1

 

3

2

1

 

Poland

2

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ireland

8

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finland

124

120

 

4

15

7

 

8

Bulgaria

4

2

 

2

 

 

 

 

Italy

225

193

6

26

58

35

4

19

Sweden

214

198

 

16

37

20

 

17

Israel

26

25

 

1

 

 

 

 

Panama

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil

5

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

2971

2559

48

364

886

643

29

214

Canada

82

73

2

7

24

13

7

4

New Zealand

20

14

 

6

5

2

 

3

Australia

111

84

6

21

52

28

1

23