 |
US patents per million population
|
Country
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Belgium
|
59
|
62
|
83
|
80
|
88
|
na
|
|
Denmark
|
54
|
73
|
88
|
106
|
94
|
na
|
|
Germany
|
88
|
91
|
118
|
122
|
134
|
na
|
|
Greece
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
na
|
|
Spain
|
5
|
6
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
na
|
|
France
|
52
|
55
|
68
|
71
|
71
|
na
|
|
Ireland
|
28
|
27
|
27
|
35
|
43
|
na
|
|
Italy
|
22
|
23
|
30
|
28
|
32
|
na
|
|
Luxembourg
|
56
|
77
|
64
|
65
|
133
|
na
|
|
Netherlands
|
59
|
61
|
92
|
93
|
94
|
na
|
|
Austria
|
48
|
52
|
59
|
70
|
77
|
na
|
|
Portugal
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
na
|
|
Finland
|
92
|
94
|
123
|
136
|
130
|
na
|
|
Sweden
|
105
|
104
|
152
|
172
|
196
|
na
|
|
UK
|
47
|
52
|
67
|
69
|
72
|
na
|
|
EU-15
|
49
|
51
|
67
|
69
|
74
|
80
|
|
US
|
233
|
234
|
302
|
313
|
315
|
322
|
|
Japan
|
185
|
186
|
247
|
249
|
250
|
265
|
Notes:
Data: USPTO; Sources and treatments: Fraunhofer-ISI
2001: Data for EU-15, US, Japan are estimated
Methodology and analyses: Key
Figures 2001. Updates: Key
Figures 2002
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