20-58 Three Types of Patent Applications Examined and Granted
by Country (Territory) (2000)
								(item)
	Number of				Number of
	Patent	Inventions	Utility	Designs	Patent	Inventions	Utility	Designs
Country (Territory)	Applications		Models		Applications		Models
	Examined				Grant
Total	30343	26401	354	3588	10109	6506	336	3267
Japan	9888	8300	87	1501	3594	2206	78	1310
Malaysia	13	6	2	5	11	1	2	8
Singapore	54	27	4	23	24	5	3	16
Thailand	26	7	3	16	15	0	0	15
Hong Kong, China
Macao, China
Taiwan
Republic of Korea	1861	1579	63	219	608	390	48	170
Cyprus	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
India	19	14	0	5	9	2	1	6
Monaco	6	5	0	1
South Africa	37	35	0	2	11	9	0	2
Germany	2787	2578	9	200	871	707	2	162
Holland	993	900	0	93	311	183	1	127
England	802	697	14	91	304	193	16	95
Switzerland	867	753	1	113	408	275	11	122
Denmark	229	195	1	33	59	32	1	26
Hungary	19	15	0	4	12	8	0	4
Austria	122	91	0	31	64	53	0	11
Belgium	126	118	0	8	42	33	0	9
France	1387	1195	1	191	537	385	2	150
Norway	75	68	0	7	29	26	0	3
Russia	42	41	1	0	15	11	1	3
Luxembourg	54	34	10	10	18	7	0	11
Liechtenstein	32	32	0	0	26	15	0	11
Spain	62	33	5	24	37	13	3	21
Czech	1	1	0	0
Poland	1	1	0	0
Ireland	22	20	1	1	6	5	1	0
Finland	378	357	1	20	100	53	0	47
Italy	382	332	2	48	181	114	3	64
Sweden	768	708	0	60	183	125	0	58
Israel	162	152	1	9	18	12	2	4
Brazil	27	19	1	7	5	2	0	3
United States	8418	7503	128	787	2332	1475	134	723
Canada	235	216	7	12	100	68	8	24
New Zealand	33	26	0	7	16	6	0	10
Australia	232	204	2	26	82	65	5	12