20-52 Three Types of Patent Applications Examined and Granted by Country (Territory) (1999)
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Country (Territory)
					Number of
	Number of		Utility		Patent		Utility
	Patent	Inventions	Models	Designs	Applications	Inventions	Models	Designs
	Applications				Grant
	Examined
Total	33775	22291	6304	5180	18012	4731	7656	5625
Japan	7805	6607	50	1148	3012	1465	76	1471
Malaysia	12	9		3	11	4	1	6
Singapore	30	22	4	4	16	1	2	13
Thailand	22	5		17	11	2	1	8
Hong Kong, China	1226	97	178	951	1106	18	148	940
Macao, China	12	2	1	9	11		4	7
Taiwan	8268	1096	5848	1324	8851	173	7234	1444
Republic of Korea	1447	1263	40	144	427	237	57	133
Cyprus	1	1			4	2	1	1
Sri Lanka					1			1
India	39	9	1	29	23			23
Monaco	3	3
South Africa	28	27		1	8	6		2
Germany	2353	2201	4	148	674	492	19	163
Holland	682	579		103	217	120	2	95
England					285	173	7	105
Switzerland	772	644	14	114	288	164	6	118
Denmark	158	154		4	41	30		11
Hungary	12	12			4	4
Austria	99	95		4	38	32		6
Belgium	72	64		8	31	24		7
France	1012	888		124	323	209		114
Norway	57	57			18	14		4
Russia	30	25	1	4	10	8		2
Luxembourg	14	12		2	10	10
Liechtenstein	39	27		12	11	11
Spain	52	36	2	14	23	13	3	7
Czech	4	4
Poland	4	4
Ireland	12	12			3	1		2
Finland	318	272	3	43	59	41	1	17
Bulgaria					2	2
Italy	373	302	5	66	186	95	10	81
Sweden	571	518		53	163	118	2	43
Israel	73	70	1	2	19	14	1	4
Brazil	21	20		1	8	7		1
United States	6936	6146	120	670	1905	1127	50	728
Canada	195	164	11	20	57	40	5	12
New Zealand	22	13		9	6	4	1	1
Australia	155	142	4	9	82	58	2	22