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Patents granted to some countries as a share of total foreign patents in the United States in 2000-2004

Country	2000		2001		2002		2003		2004
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Japan	31,295	43.2	33,224	42.4	34,858	43.4	35,516	43.8	35,350	44.2
Germany	10,235	14.1	11,260	14.4	11,280	14.0	11,444	14.1	10,779	13.5
Taiwan	4,667	6.4	5,371	6.8	5,431	6.8	5,298	6.5	5,938	7.4
South Korea	3,314	4.6	3,538	4.5	3,786	4.7	3,944	4.9	4,428	5.5
United Kingdom	3,669	5.1	3,967	5.1	3,843	4.8	3,630	4.5	3,450	4.3
France	3,819	5.3	4,041	5.2	4,035	5.0	3,868	4.8	3,380	4.2
Canada	3,419	4.7	3,606	4.6	3,431	4.3	3,426	4.2	3,374	4.2
Italy	1,714	2.4	1,709	2.2	1,751	2.2	1,722	2.1	1,584	2.0
Sweden	1,577	2.2	1,741	2.2	1,675	2.1	1,521	1.9	1,290	1.6
Switzerland	1,322	1.8	1,420	1.8	1,364	1.7	1,308	1.6	1,277	1.6
Netherlands	1,241	1.7	1,332	1.7	1,391	1.7	1,325	1.6	1,273	1.6
Israel	783	1.1	970	1.2	1,040	1.3	1,193	1.5	1,028	1.3
Australia	705	1.0	876	1.1	859	1.1	900	1.1	953	1.2
Finland	618	0.9	732	0.9	809	1.0	865	1.1	918	1.1
Belgium	694	1.0	718	0.9	722	0.9	622	0.8	612	0.8
Austria	505	0.7	589	0.8	530	0.7	592	0.7	540	0.7
Singapore	218	0.3	296	0.4	410	0.5	427	0.5	449	0.6
Denmark	436	0.6	479	0.6	426	0.5	529	0.7	414	0.5
China	119	0.2	195	0.2	289	0.4	297	0.4	404	0.5
India	131	0.2	178	0.2	249	0.3	341	0.4	363	0.5
Spain	270	0.4	269	0.3	303	0.4	309	0.4	264	0.3
Norway	248	0.3	265	0.3	242	0.3	262	0.3	243	0.3
Foreign patents total	72,426	100.0	78,436	100.0	80,360	100.0	81,125	100.0	80,022	100.0
All total	157,494		166,037		167,332		169,026		164,293

Source: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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Last updated 21.12.2005