21-49  Patents Application Accepted and Granted by Country (Region) (2006)
								(piece)
Country (Territory)	Number of				Number of
	Patents		Utility		Patents		Utility
	Application	Inventions	Models	Designs	Application	Inventions	Models	Designs
	Accepted				Granted
Total	102836	88172	1369	13295	44142	32709	1343	10090
Japan	37848	32801	478	4569	19626	15099	582	3945
Malaysia	76	50	2	24	35	10	6	19
Singapore	417	306	21	90	115	43	9	63
Thailand	44	13	7	24	12	2	4	6
Republic of Korea	10596	9187	132	1277	3874	2752	130	992
Cyprus	23	23	0	0	3	3	0	0
India	183	172	0	11	59	49	0	10
Monaco	12	11	0	1	2	2	0	0
South Africa	85	76	5	4	30	28	1	1
Germany	8676	7502	78	1096	3503	2628	41	834
Holland	3721	3503	12	206	1329	1129	9	191
United Kingdom	1813	1478	29	306	862	600	21	241
Switzerland	2370	1932	8	430	1135	820	7	308
Denmark	558	438	0	120	265	160	21	84
Hungary	45	43	0	2	15	12	1	2
Austria	309	263	7	39	141	122	3	16
Belgium	465	413	3	49	167	126	1	40
France	3614	2954	28	632	1668	1181	28	459
Norway	184	163	0	21	88	67	1	20
Russia	85	72	4	9	38	31	6	1
Luxembourg	69	59	0	10	25	23	0	2
Liechtenstein	85	48	0	37	45	27	0	18
Spain	391	260	7	124	222	52	16	154
Czech	70	19	4	47	68	8	3	57
Poland	13	11	2	0	8	8	0	0
Ireland	121	87	5	29	30	15	2	13
Finland	988	898	2	88	388	317	3	68
Italy	1699	1163	19	517	878	389	24	465
Sweden	1492	1318	5	169	515	454	3	58
Israel	338	307	1	30	70	60	2	8
Brazil	77	69	0	8	37	25	2	10
United States	23494	20536	397	2561	7739	5870	318	1551
Canada	821	756	24	41	237	194	22	21
New Zealand	96	81	0	15	31	25	0	6
Australia	753	562	12	179	360	210	21	129
Other	1205	598	77	530	522	168	56	298