Measuring global innovation by patents filed and granted

Singapore patents granted C: patents granted The New World Powers in Innovation |217,364 1995 Measuring innovation by how many patents a country files for each dollar of research budget reveals the true map of innovation winners around the globe. And The Republic of Korea is leading the way in efficiency. United States of America patents granted 154,760 New Zealand patents granted 896 Ireland patents granted patents granted 102.633 874 Germany Brazil patents granted patents granted 56.091 585 China Hong Kong (SAR), China patents granted patents granted 26,292 406 Iceland France Czech Republic Norway Estonia 25,688 patents granted 403 patents granted Sweden Latvia Russian Federation Hungary | patents granted patents granted Germany Slovakia 19,641 799 Russian Federation United Kingdom Luxembourg patents granted patents granted 13,183 Ireland 337 U.K. Slovenia Canada Netherlands Poland patents granted 9.949 277 France Hungary Japan Switzerland Mexico patents granted 252 patents granted Spain 19,857 U.S. Croatia Canada Portugal Slovenia China patents granted patents granted Greece 7.533 196 Mexico Sweden Turkey India patents granted patents granted Turkey 7,224 184 Israel Thailand Republic of Korea Finland Thailand patents granted patents granted Singapore 4.341 158 Australia Slovakia patents granted 4,163 patents granted 114 Peru Brazil Austria Greece patents granted patents granted 3537 98 Spain Latvia Australia Chile patents granted patents granted 3 221 87 patents granted patents granted 2,773 83 New Zealand patents granted 2.534 patents granted 78 India (2005) Lithuania patents granted patents granted 2.267 69 Denmark Iceland patents granted patents granted 2,170 63 0-1,000 Patents Granted 1,000 - 10,000 No Data Available for the Following Countries Albania, Angola, Benin, Chad, Dominica, Gabon, Ghana, Iraq, Libyan Arab, Jamahinya, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, United Republic of Tanzania, Ethiopia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, T FYR of Macedonia, Bahrain, Nigeria, Oman, Cameroon, Bolivia, Vietnam, Saint Lucia Poland Estonia Patent Filings Per Research and Development Expenditure patents granted Ipatents granted 1,216 Patents Granted Norway Peru patents granted Figures taken from 'World Patent Report: A Statistical Review (2008) Supplied by the World Intellectual Property Organization 10,000 - 100,000 patents granted The size of the box Patents Granted 1.138 illustrates relative patent filings per R&D expenditure Over 100,000 Patents Granted