UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT
Table 1.5: Patents submitted to USPTO, 2008 and 2013
By region or country of inventor
USPTO patents
Total World share (%)
2008 2013 2008 2013
World 157 768 277 832 100.0 100.0
High-income economies 149 290 258 411 94.6 93.0
Upper middle-income economies 2 640 9 529 1.7 3.4
Lower middle-income economies 973 3 586 0.6 1.3
Low-income economies 15 59 0.0 0.0
Americas 83 339 145 741 52.8 52.5
North America 83 097 145 114 52.7 52.2
Latin America 342 829 0.2 0.3
Caribbean 21 61 0.0 0.0
Europe 25 780 48 737 16.3 17.5
European Union 24 121 45 401 15.3 16.3
Southeast Europe 4 21 0.0 0.0
European Free Trade Association 1 831 3 772 1.2 1.4
Other Europe 362 773 0.2 0.3
Africa 137 303 0.1 0.1
Sub-Saharan Africa 119 233 0.1 0.1
Arab States in Africa 18 70 0.0 0.0
Asia 46 773 83 904 29.6 30.2
Central Asia 3 8 0.0 0.0
Arab States in Asia 81 426 0.1 0.2
West Asia 1 350 3 464 0.9 1.2
South Asia 855 3 350 0.5 1.2
Southeast Asia 44 515 76 796 28.2 27.6
Oceania 1 565 2 245 1.0 0.8
Other groupings
Least developed countries 7 23 0.0 0.0
Arab States all 99 492 0.1 0.2
OECD 148 658 257 066 94.2 92.5
G20 148 608 260 904 94.2 93.9
Selected countries
Argentina 45 114 0.0 0.0
Brazil 142 341 0.1 0.1
Canada 3 936 7 761 2.5 2.8
China 1 757 7 568 1.1 2.7
Egypt 10 52 0.0 0.0
France 3 683 7 287 2.3 2.6
Germany 9 901 17 586 6.3 6.3
India 848 3 317 0.5 1.2
Iran 3 43 0.0 0.0
Israel 1 337 3 405 0.8 1.2
Japan 34 198 52 835 21.7 19.0
Malaysia 200 288 0.1 0.1
Mexico 90 217 0.1 0.1
Republic of Korea 7 677 14 839 4.9 5.3
Russian Federation 281 591 0.2 0.2
South Africa 102 190 0.1 0.1
Turkey 35 113 0.0 0.0
United Kingdom 3 828 7 476 2.4 2.7
United States of America 79 968 139 139 50.7 50.1
Note: The sum of the numbers and percentages for the various regions exceeds the total because patents with multiple inventors from different regions
contribute fully to each of these regions.
Source: Data from United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO) PATSTAT, database compiled for UNESCO by Science-Metrix, June 2015
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