21-47  Patent Applications Examined and Granted by Country (Region) (2005)
								(item)
					Number of
	Number of		Utility		Patent		Utility
Country(Region)	Patent	Inventions	Models	Designs	Applications	Inventions	Models	Designs
	Applications				Grant
	Examined
Total	92418	79421	1416	11581	42058	32419	1163	8476
Japan	36221	30976	566	4679	18418	13883	577	3958
Malaysia	46	24	7	15	27	10	4	13
Singapore	208	129	14	65	99	47	5	47
Thailand	25	10	5	10	19	2	2	15
Republic of Korea	9300	8131	143	1026	3273	2509	127	637
Cyprus	17	17			5	3	1	1
India	217	198		19	67	38		29
Monaco	4	3		1	8	7		1
South Africa	84	81	1	2	38	37		1
Germany	7502	6411	83	1008	3709	2894	32	783
Holland	3988	3735	8	245	1333	1179	5	149
United Kingdom	1613	1331	20	262	885	638	16	231
Switzerland	2106	1776	9	321	1103	867	10	226
Denmark	478	379	17	82	283	194	23	66
Hungary	33	31		2	22	22
Austria	284	260	3	21	170	145	3	22
Belgium	380	340		40	134	116	1	17
France	3190	2644	65	481	1674	1328	6	340
Norway	168	142	1	25	69	62		7
Russia	50	46	3	1	47	37	10
Luxembourg	53	48		5	38	37		1
Liechtenstein	84	52		32	68	28		40
Spain	373	179	14	180	161	65	5	91
Czech	77	12	5	60	12	3		9
Poland	22	18		4	4	1	2	1
Ireland	82	66	3	13	48	24	7	17
Finland	851	752	3	96	496	402	2	92
Italy	1632	1046	27	559	691	388	15	288
Sweden	1101	1015	7	79	775	690	2	83
Israel	237	220	4	13	76	68		8
Brazil	82	61	6	15	35	21	1	13
United States	20395	18000	360	2035	7595	6160	290	1145
Canada	724	665	22	37	270	225	12	33
New Zealand	84	77		7	24	23		1
Australia	707	546	20	141	382	266	5	111