21-45  Patent Applications Examined and Granted by Country (Region) (2004)
								(item)
Country (Territory)	Number of				Number of
	Patent	Inventions		Designs	Patent	Inventions		Designs
	Applications		Utility		Applications		Utility
	Examined		Models		Grant		Models
Total	74392	64022	1191	9179	38679	30982	589	7108
Japan	30444	25542	603	4299	16356	12490	252	3614
Malaysia	66	28	5	33	15	3	2	10
Singapore	156	111	5	40	73	35	3	35
Thailand	51	23	5	23	54	3	6	45
Republic of Korea	6660	5858	128	674	2865	2248	76	541
Cyprus	9	8		1	5	5
India	171	121		50	75	24	3	48
Monaco	4	3		1	4	4
South Africa	69	66		3	23	21		2
Germany	5917	5182	24	711	3379	2948	19	412
Holland	2960	2789	7	164	1276	1157	2	117
England	1401	1127	22	252	787	590	13	184
Switzerland	1744	1455	12	277	1084	892	4	188
Denmark	406	310	15	81	234	198	1	35
Hungary	33	33			14	14
Austria	223	206	2	15	125	116		9
Belgium	275	249	1	25	124	108		16
France	2465	2098	8	359	1541	1285		256
Norway	159	148		11	92	82		10
Russia	65	54	10	1	35	33		2
Luxembourg	28	27		1	21	20		1
Liechtenstein	87	52		35	65	45	1	19
Spain	213	133	6	74	91	56	1	34
Czech	25	18		7	3	2		1
Poland	12	7	2	3	3	3
Ireland	77	52	6	19	36	20	1	15
Finland	817	720	3	94	466	380		86
Italy	1167	852	15	300	506	326	3	177
Sweden	899	806	2	91	841	777		64
Israel	251	238		13	112	95		17
Brazil	63	50		13	25	18		7
United States	16187	14562	288	1337	7824	6538	197	1089
Canada	607	555	11	41	244	227	5	12
New Zealand	44	40	1	3	30	24		6
Australia	637	499	10	128	251	195		56