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TABLE 9 UNITED STATES PATENT APPLICATIONS FILED BY RESIDENTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES 1
(FY 2008 - FY 2012)
Residence 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 2012 3 Residence 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 2012 3
Total 239,068 239,722 255,165 270,928 N/A Colombia 35 28 53 68 N/A
Costa Rica 20 18 28 21 N/A
Afghanistan - 1 1 1 N/A Croatia 39 35 31 38 N/A
Albania - 1 - - N/A Cuba 38 23 26 19 N/A
Algeria 1 - 1 - N/A Curacao4 - - - 1 N/A
Andorra 8 5 4 3 N/A Cyprus 8 12 18 16 N/A
Angola4 - - - 2 N/A Czech Republic 180 245 279 277 N/A
Anguilla - 3 - - N/A Denmark 1,654 1,783 1,852 2,162 N/A
Antigua &
Barbuda
1 1 2 3 N/A Dominican Republic 9 5 7 8 N/A
Ecuador 5 9 5 18 N/A
Argentina 139 151 141 159 N/A Egypt 53 33 55 58 N/A
Armenia 9 2 8 8 N/A El Salvador - 1 1 1 N/A
Aruba - - - 2 N/A Estonia 35 36 52 62 N/A
Australia 4,194 4,211 4,111 4,174 N/A Ethiopia - - 1 - N/A
Austria 1,785 1,713 1,872 1,964 N/A Faroe Islands - - 1 - N/A
Azerbaijan 1 3 5 1 N/A Fiji - 1 - - N/A
Bahamas 20 16 15 8 N/A Finland 2,782 2,793 2,908 2,574 N/A
Bahrain - 2 5 1 N/A French Polynesia - - - 1 N/A
Bangladesh 1 - 2 5 N/A France 9,281 9,726 10,641 11,436 N/A
Barbados 7 6 8 2 N/A Georgia 5 2 5 6 N/A
Belarus 11 7 11 7 N/A Germany 26,331 26,855 28,157 29,543 N/A
Belgium 1,748 1,917 2,186 2,344 N/A Ghana 1 3 2 4 N/A
Belize 4 1 - - N/A Gibraltar 3 7 7 7 N/A
Benin 1 - - - N/A Greece 128 118 138 139 N/A
Bermuda 8 8 5 11 N/A Greenland 4 - - - N/A
Bolivia 3 4 1 1 N/A Guatemala 2 2 8 2 N/A
Bonaire, Saint
Eustatius, and
Saba4 Bosnia &
Herzegovina
- - - 2 N/A Guernsey4 - - - 1 N/A
Guinea - 1 - - N/A
Haiti - - 1 1 N/A
6 - 1 2 N/A Honduras 1 1 1 1 N/A
Hungary 203 234 251 245 N/A
Brazil 499 497 584 684 N/A Iceland 41 49 52 63 N/A
British Virgin Islands 10 11 3 3 N/A India 2,869 2,878 3,696 4,482 N/A
Brunei Darussalam - 1 1 - N/A Indonesia 25 19 27 21 N/A
Bulgaria 83 114 89 70 N/A Iran 28 29 67 87 N/A
Burundi 1 - - - N/A Iraq 1 1 - - N/A
Cameroon 1 9 5 2 N/A Ireland 740 711 785 901 N/A
Canada 11,436 11,250 12,203 12,921 N/A Isle of Man - - 2 4 N/A
Cayman Islands 6 10 25 17 N/A Israel 4,916 4,772 5,119 5,666 N/A
Chad - - - 1 N/A Italy 4,273 4,460 4,576 4,947 N/A
Chile 63 65 68 122 N/A Jamaica 12 11 3 7 N/A
China (Hong Kong) 1,419 1,254 1,267 1,379 N/A Japan 84,473 86,456 84,842 88,861 N/A
China (Macau) 5 5 7 16 N/A Jersey - - 9 9 N/A
China (People's
Republic)
OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION
5,148 5,301 8,358 10,562 N/A Jordan 8 14 5 16 N/A
Kazakhstan 2 3 8 4 N/A
PERFORMANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT: FISCAL YEAR 2012