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TABLE 9 CONT. 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
Kenya 4 4 2 10 N/A Romania 47 58 64 102 N/A
Korea, Dem. Republic of 2 1 - - N/A Russian Federation 531 498 600 741 N/A
Korea, Republic of 25,507 24,066 26,648 28,474 N/A Samoa 4 1 2 - N/A
Kuwait 18 39 49 71 N/A San Marino - 3 1 1 N/A
Latvia 6 15 19 10 N/A Saudi Arabia 90 153 267 337 N/A
Lebanon 11 17 8 28 N/A Serbia 16 5 27 23 N/A
Libya - 1 - - N/A Seychelles 1 1 1 4 N/A
Liechtenstein 35 42 40 39 N/A Singapore 1,376 1,278 1,490 1,655 N/A
Lithuania 13 13 13 16 N/A Slovakia 36 30 42 36 N/A
Luxembourg 102 94 92 112 N/A Slovenia 71 69 111 98 N/A
Macedonia - 2 - - N/A South Africa 319 323 356 361 N/A
Malaysia 326 325 387 426 N/A Spain 1,294 1,224 1,470 1,597 N/A
Malta 10 11 10 5 N/A Sri Lanka 16 12 14 9 N/A
Mauritius 1 - 1 1 N/A Sweden 3,508 3,610 3,906 4,319 N/A
Mexico 269 244 316 351 N/A Switzerland 3,681 3,714 4,168 4,328 N/A
Moldova 1 1 1 - N/A Syria Arab Rep 1 2 - 3 N/A
Monaco 16 21 21 43 N/A Taiwan 19,733 17,974 21,282 21,678 N/A
Mongolia4 - - - 4 N/A Thailand 127 116 111 148 N/A
Morocco 11 6 4 6 N/A Trinidad & Tobago 6 8 12 8 N/A
Namibia 1 - - 1 N/A Tunisia 9 5 5 6 N/A
Nepal - 2 - 1 N/A Turkey 103 113 142 189 N/A
Netherlands 4,240 4,510 4,639 4,893 N/A Turkmenistan - 1 - - N/A
Netherlands Antilles 1 4 1 - N/A Turks and Caicos
2 1 2 - N/A
New Zealand 580 579 658 613 N/A Islands
Niger - - 1 - N/A Ukraine 46 61 67 92 N/A
Nigeria 1 2 7 5 N/A United Arab Emirates 30 54 45 58 N/A
Norway 856 871 1,024 1,026 N/A United Kingdom 10,795 11,205 11,852 12,149 N/A
Oman 5 4 7 5 N/A Uruguay 13 27 16 16 N/A
Pakistan 21 7 20 29 N/A Uzbekistan - 1 - - N/A
Panama 12 6 3 6 N/A Vanuatu (New
4 - 2 1 N/A
Paraguay 1 - - 2 N/A Hebrides)
Peru 9 5 8 16 N/A Venezuela 27 32 35 26 N/A
Philippines 72 61 84 99 N/A Vietnam 13 4 10 9 N/A
Poland 122 150 178 249 N/A West Bank/Gaza - - 1 - N/A
Portugal 91 87 113 115 N/A Zimbabwe 2 2 - 4 N/A
Qatar - 4 2 20 N/A
- Represents zero.
OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION
1 Data include utility, design, plant, and reissue applications. Country listings include possessions and territories of that country
unless listed separately in the table. Data are subject to minor revisions.
2 FY 2011 data are updated and final.
3 FY 2012 preliminary data should be available in January 2013 at www.uspto.gov, and finalized in the FY 2013 PAR.
4 Countries/Territories not previously reported.
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