20-61  Patents Application Accepted and Granted by Country (Region) (2011)
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Country (Territory)
	Number of		Utility		Number of		Utility
	Patents	Inventions	Models	Designs	Patents	Inventions	Models	Designs
	Application				Application
	Accepted				Granted
Total	128677	110583	4164	13930	76652	59766	3024	13862
Japan	45228	39231	1465	4532	30637	25387	780	4470
Malaysia	141	87	10	44	76	23	7	46
Singapore	645	476	43	126	306	196	22	88
Thailand	25	14	2	9	17	9	3	5
Republic of Korea	9860	8129	210	1521	6631	4882	243	1506
Cyprus	34	25		9	32	11		21
India	228	202	4	22	86	58	5	23
Monaco	7	6		1	4	4
South Africa	82	75	1	6	48	44	1	3
Germany	13096	11422	388	1286	7098	5442	281	1375
Holland	3473	2999	30	444	2228	1817	34	377
United Kingdom	2275	1876	81	318	1271	857	73	341
Switzerland	3293	2665	156	472	2041	1471	103	467
Denmark	937	781	16	140	468	334	15	119
Hungary	55	40	7	8	23	18	3	2
Austria	697	598	15	84	342	239	19	84
Belgium	669	592	22	55	395	328	9	58
France	4575	3973	148	454	2528	2006	60	462
Norway	275	234	4	37	146	109	2	35
Russia	170	120	17	33	86	49	25	12
Luxembourg	215	156	17	42	62	33	5	24
Liechtenstein	155	110	1	44	88	43		45
Spain	525	388	13	124	307	150	16	141
Czech	72	24	4	44	59	15	5	39
Poland	58	23	1	34	36	6	1	29
Ireland	176	155	6	15	100	76	5	19
Finland	1076	964	41	71	679	545	41	93
Italy	1815	1245	46	524	1342	793	53	496
Sweden	1963	1730	74	159	1250	1020	46	184
Israel	634	532	39	63	228	151	17	60
Brazil	203	130	14	59	77	34	8	35
United States	32023	28457	1076	2490	15822	12334	929	2559
Canada	1191	1033	27	131	677	490	32	155
New Zealand	111	95	3	13	61	43	4	14
Australia	867	621	45	201	481	280	33	168
Other	1828	1375	138	315	920	469	144	307