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United States of America<br />

Figure 5.8: Patents in force in the USA, 2005 and 2013<br />

Other major economies are given for comparison<br />

2.5<br />

Non-resident<br />

Resident<br />

1 164 800<br />

2.0<br />

1.5<br />

267 280<br />

1 570 897<br />

788 602<br />

Millions<br />

1.0<br />

447 415<br />

107 872<br />

1 015 183<br />

1 222 702<br />

895 366<br />

0.5<br />

586 493<br />

0.0<br />

126 039<br />

56 357<br />

2005 2013<br />

2005 2013 2005 2013<br />

China Japan USA<br />

Source: WIPO statistics online, accessed on 27 August 2015; patents held by the primary patent office for each economy: China’s State Intellectual Property Office,<br />

Japan Patent Office, European Patent Office, US Patent and Trademarks Office for the USA<br />

Figure 5.9: Triadic patents of the USA in the USPTO database, 2002–2012<br />

Number of triadic patents (nowcasting) for the world’s largest economies for this indicator<br />

Chapter 5<br />

20 000<br />

15 000<br />

17 355<br />

16 828<br />

16 511<br />

Japan 15 391<br />

EU 13 978<br />

USA 13 765<br />

10 000<br />

6 890<br />

5 000<br />

Germany 5 468<br />

2 752<br />

1 570<br />

Korea, Rep. 2 878<br />

France 2 555<br />

China 1 851<br />

0<br />

272<br />

2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012<br />

Note: Triadic patents are filed by the same inventor for the same invention in the USA, Europe and Japan.<br />

Source: OECD Patent Statistics (database), August 2015<br />

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