20-61 Patents Application Accepted and Granted by Country (Region) (2009)
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Country (Territory)
	Number of	Inventions	Utility	Designs	Number of	Inventions	Utility	Designs
	Patents		Models		Patents		Models
	Application				Application
	Accepted				Granted
Total	99075	85477	1910	11688	80206	63098	1689	15419
Japan	34381	30293	328	3760	33804	27897	374	5533
Malaysia	114	38	16	60	102	23	13	66
Singapore	304	214	21	69	234	134	27	73
Thailand	36	10	2	24	21	3	3	15
Republic of Korea	7113	5907	134	1072	7950	6476	93	1381
Cyprus	17	15	1	1	16	16
India	146	122	1	23	102	81	2	19
Monaco	4	4			15	6		9
South Africa	99	93	2	4	59	47	5	7
Germany	9694	8264	179	1251	6658	5054	146	1458
Holland	3372	3089	32	251	2523	2128	20	375
United Kingdom	1911	1624	23	264	1266	825	29	412
Switzerland	2823	2362	70	391	1729	1245	19	465
Denmark	739	584	10	145	423	280	11	132
Hungary	40	39		1	14	13	1
Austria	413	357	11	45	294	215	13	66
Belgium	516	486	4	26	258	229	2	27
France	3624	3011	65	548	3004	2200	33	771
Norway	211	192	3	16	163	139		24
Russia	122	91	15	16	84	49	23	12
Luxembourg	101	67	17	17	69	29	17	23
Liechtenstein	111	68	1	42	179	41		138
Spain	416	256	20	140	232	108	19	105
Czech	67	25	1	41	81	9	2	70
Poland	24	14		10	22	9		13
Ireland	171	163	3	5	56	38	1	17
Finland	1049	902	8	139	852	674	9	169
Italy	1423	998	34	391	1291	757	26	508
Sweden	1844	1653	33	158	1189	895	22	272
Israel	366	330	2	34	188	161	2	25
Brazil	121	73	4	44	80	37	8	35
United States	24629	21799	720	2110	15273	12158	612	2503
Canada	989	807	23	159	599	461	21	117
New Zealand	92	72	2	18	92	62	3	27
Australia	720	525	29	166	577	322	25	230
Other	1273	930	96	247	707	277	108	322