20-56    Three Types of Patent Applications Examined and Granted
by Country (Territory) (2001)
							(item)
					Number of
	Number of		Utility		Patent		Utility
Country (Territory)	Patent	Inventions	Models	Designs	Applications	Inventions	Models	Designs
	Applications				Grant
	Examined
Total	37800	33166	447	4187	14973	10901	341	3731
Japan	13736	11794	69	1873	5577	3852	64	1661
Malaysia	32	13	2	17	12	4	1	7
Singapore	84	61	2	21	34	12	4	18
Thailand	33	1	8	24	18	1	3	14
Republic of Korea	2498	2072	111	315	1024	708	57	259
Cyprus	9	7	2		3	3
India	64	52	1	11	8	1		7
Monaco	7	3		4	6	3		3
South Africa	32	31		1	15	14		1
Germany	3454	3247	15	192	1494	1319	10	165
Holland	1397	1283		114	360	274		86
England	913	816	9	88	370	281	9	80
Switzerland	1020	876	9	135	562	444	1	117
Denmark	273	228		45	92	60	1	31
Hungary	14	14			6	6
Austria	178	134	1	43	138	92		46
Belgium	160	150		10	69	63		6
France	1521	1343		178	782	551	1	230
Norway	109	105		4	35	31		4
Russia	43	42		1	19	18	1
Luxembourg	27	27			21	10	9	2
Liechtenstein	71	66		5	27	25		2
Spain	95	66	5	24	41	21	3	17
Czech					3	3
Poland	5	5			4	4
Ireland	28	28			12	11		1
Finland	475	415	1	59	196	152	4	40
Italy	495	374	14	107	258	191	2	65
Sweden	967	905	9	53	277	220		57
Israel	133	115	1	17	32	18	1	13
Brazil	43	27		16	21	10	1	10
United States	8994	8139	139	716	3116	2285	131	700
Canada	308	282	15	11	94	72	11	11
New Zealand	52	49	1	2	15	8		7
Australia	308	246	7	55	137	96	4	37