20-60 Three Types of Patent Applications Examined and Granted by Country (Territory) (1997)
Unit: item
Country(Territory)	Number of Patent Applications Examined				Number of Patent Applications Grant
		Inventions	Utility Models	Designs		Inventions	Utility Models	Designs
Total	32415	21944	5642	4829	9573	2022	3310	4341
Japan	8395	6931	64	1400	1864	594	45	1225
Malaysia	22	9	3	10	7	1		6
Singapore	58	15	1	42	25	1	2	22
Thailand	7	1	1	5	2		1	1
Hong Kong, China	802	60	98	644	726	9	27	690
Macao	5		2	3	2			2
Taiwan	7476	931	5317	1228	4244	51	3130	1163
Republic of Korea	2083	1919	56	108	182	61	39	82
Cyprus	2	2
Sri Lanka	3	1		2
India	13	13			1			1
Monaco	1	1
South Africa	18	18			5	2		3
Germany	2228	2059	16	153	263	177	8	78
Holland	670	585	2	83	174	81	1	92
England	702	595	4	103	129	74	6	49
Switzerland	767	666	4	97	236	91		145
Denmark	154	145	1	8	13	7		6
Hungary	10	9	1		3	3
Austria	122	113		9	19	12	1	6
Belgium	103	82		21	31	13	1	17
France	1016	877	3	136	256	125	4	127
Norway	69	64		5	8	8
Former Soviet Union	38	38			2	2
Luxembourg	10	7		3	8	4		4
Liechtenstein	21	20		1	3	3
Spain	41	39	2		5	2	2	1
Yugoslavia	1	1
Czechoslovakia	3	3			2	1	1
Poland	5	5			1	1
Ireland	23	22		1	2	2
Finland	269	251		18	43	20	1	22
Bulgaria	2	2			2			2
Italy	385	325	7	53	71	45	5	21
Sweden	413	377	2	34	83	37		46
Israel	57	49	1	7	11	4		7
Panama	10	10
Brazil	12	11		1	3	3
United States	5919	5263	42	614	1044	535	31	478
Canada	190	176	5	9	33	22	1	10
New Zealand	19	18		1	9	3		6
Australia	182	163	1	18	46	24	3	19