20-60 Patents Application Accepted and Granted by Country (Region) (2010)
	(piece)
Country (Territory)	Number of				Number of
	Patents		Utility		Patents		Utility
	Application	Inventions	Models	Designs	Application	Inventions	Models	Designs
	Accepted				Granted
Total	112858	98111	2598	12149	74205	55343	2216	16646
Japan	38241	33882	548	3811	29516	23890	437	5189
Malaysia	129	75	16	38	124	27	19	78
Singapore	437	358	16	63	345	230	22	93
Thailand	31	15	2	14	41	8	3	30
Republic of Korea	8782	7178	242	1362	7117	5168	201	1748
Cyprus	29	8		21	12	10	1	1
India	189	168	6	15	77	51	2	24
Monaco	7	7			2	2
South Africa	99	91	3	5	43	34	3	6
Germany	11297	9867	216	1214	6451	4609	194	1648
Holland	3329	2998	39	292	2177	1712	36	429
United Kingdom	2087	1737	65	285	1164	734	30	400
Switzerland	3067	2644	66	357	1932	1317	75	540
Denmark	857	734	9	114	466	257	8	201
Hungary	36	36			15	13	1	1
Austria	550	475	16	59	274	205	13	56
Belgium	611	563	2	46	292	249	4	39
France	3994	3506	51	437	2690	1926	60	704
Norway	261	235		26	129	97	1	31
Russia	147	111	21	15	89	46	20	23
Luxembourg	136	101	11	24	74	42	13	19
Liechtenstein	83	55		28	86	41		45
Spain	480	327	16	137	297	102	13	182
Czech	68	40	3	25	62	10	1	51
Poland	50	30	1	19	16	5		11
Ireland	157	140	6	11	78	59	3	16
Finland	1215	1089	32	94	752	539	20	193
Italy	1627	1184	43	400	1303	719	35	549
Sweden	1996	1780	32	184	1186	902	22	262
Israel	511	450	11	50	168	125	2	41
Brazil	166	117	9	40	94	37	6	51
United States	28636	25380	892	2364	14938	10985	797	3156
Canada	1137	940	37	160	677	440	21	216
New Zealand	127	95	8	24	86	46	6	34
Australia	822	608	31	183	604	314	25	265
Other	1467	1087	148	232	828	392	122	314