21-42 Patent Applications Examined and Grantedby Country (Region) (2003)
							(item)
					Number of
	Number of		Utility		Patent		Utility
Country (Region)	Patent	Inventions	Models	Designs	Applications	Inventions	Models	Designs
	Applications				Grant
	Examined
Total	56847	48286	1240	7321	32371	25627	586	6158
Japan	24241	20092	627	3522	12674	9369	205	3100
Malaysia	32	21	4	7	20	6	2	12
Singapore	142	83	4	55	66	17	3	46
Thailand	61	13	9	39	23	5	3	15
Republic of Korea	5015	4328	139	548	2693	2017	113	563
Cyprus	14	13	1		4	2	2
India	118	82	3	33	33	16		17
Monaco	6	6			5	5
South Africa	56	52		4	37	32		5
Germany	4522	3993	40	489	2977	2615	14	348
Holland	1376	1270	7	99	868	756		112
England	1314	1040	28	246	808	572	19	217
Switzerland	1374	1193	10	171	913	762	7	144
Denmark	315	251	13	51	217	177	3	37
Hungary	12	12			17	17
Austria	185	173	3	9	124	118	2	4
Belgium	189	173		16	125	116	1	8
France	1941	1695	2	244	1180	1038		142
Norway	120	113		7	80	77	1	2
Russia	57	54	1	2	29	27		2
Luxembourg	42	42			15	15
Liechtenstein	79	53	1	25	53	26	1	26
Spain	164	104	4	56	90	48	3	39
Czech	13	11		2	21	14	7
Poland	6	6			10	5		5
Ireland	54	29	7	18	18	14		4
Finland	598	510		88	525	433		92
Italy	765	563	11	191	531	374	12	145
Sweden	694	636	1	57	832	791	2	39
Israel	163	152		11	86	75	1	10
Brazil	58	46	1	11	34	20		14
United States	12221	10682	310	1229	6835	5733	177	925
Canada	407	362	14	31	197	163	3	31
New Zealand	43	39		4	20	19		1
Australia	450	394		56	211	153	5	53