20-49  Patents Application Accepted and Granted by Country (Region) (2007)
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Country (Territory)	Number of				Number of
	Patents		Utility		Patents		Utility
	Application	Inventions	Models	Designs	Application	Inventions	Models	Designs
	Accepted				Granted
Total	107419	92101	1325	13993	50150	36003	1645	12502
Japan	38188	32870	352	4966	21123	16174	574	4375
Malaysia	84	29	12	43	33	4	3	26
Singapore	416	324	22	70	123	42	10	71
United Arab Emirates	56	3	1	52	64	2		62
Republic of Korea	9601	8467	119	1015	4373	3127	145	1101
Cayman Islands	163	129	18	16	42	4	21	17
India	175	146		29	72	62		10
Saudi Arabia	55	23	1	31	104	3	2	99
South Africa	82	77	2	3	49	37	6	6
Germany	9388	8066	109	1213	4064	2913	124	1027
Holland	3760	3481	11	268	1441	1214	11	216
United Kingdom	2012	1628	43	341	918	599	34	285
Switzerland	2800	2366	14	420	1290	871	12	407
Denmark	637	520	4	113	317	190	4	123
Turkey	82	42	3	37	12	2		10
Austria	422	346	3	73	179	125	9	45
Belgium	562	525	2	35	194	142	2	50
France	3697	2991	29	677	1861	1171	33	657
Norway	248	218	1	29	94	77		17
Russia	78	66	8	4	38	24	9	5
Luxembourg	98	74	11	13	32	20		12
Liechtenstein	109	65		44	89	43		46
Spain	520	301	5	214	239	86	7	146
Czech	127	18	13	96	109	9	5	95
Virgin Islands, British	303	106	20	177	151	24	32	95
Ireland	139	119		20	62	29	6	27
Finland	1065	973	3	89	433	338	3	92
Italy	1852	1228	31	593	983	458	24	501
Sweden	1726	1527	19	180	678	498	10	170
Israel	428	379	1	48	139	105	2	32
Brazil	88	80	2	6	42	28	4	10
United States	25908	22887	366	2655	9709	6891	468	2350
Canada	953	817	26	110	335	253	27	55
New Zealand	118	90	5	23	32	22		10
Australia	816	617	25	174	431	264	13	154
Other	663	503	44	116	295	152	45	98