Tab.1.8.4,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Patents relevant to the world market - an international comparison 1),,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021 Country,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants,Number per one million inhabitants Denmark,m,m,m,m,143,156,164,199,217,255,256,256,278,287,298,303,350,342,302,319,363,328,342,337,335,351,358,372,384,423,428 Germany,156,158,162,175,185,222,249,282,309,332,330,327,341,362,375,389,410,377,376,385,382,370,372,375,371,381,398,390,386,361,383 Finland,113,151,168,180,192,225,267,310,362,383,382,335,327,368,355,401,398,381,372,394,398,459,423,399,366,381,407,408,406,439,470 France,96,90,94,98,101,112,126,136,149,155,158,156,165,175,178,184,187,183,180,181,187,186,190,195,193,184,193,191,187,172,188 Italy,44,42,45,45,50,59,64,69,78,86,88,90,94,98,106,113,110,102,96,96,94,93,97,96,100,102,102,106,109,107,119 Netherlands,m,m,m,m,137,162,178,204,227,263,294,268,280,296,291,301,298,294,268,237,270,289,286,292,301,292,315,316,316,313,336 Sweden,148,164,178,214,229,277,324,327,370,407,368,330,323,344,379,423,469,437,398,414,424,464,435,445,445,471,478,470,484,456,489 Spain,m,m,m,m,14,17,22,23,26,30,33,35,36,44,49,51,54,55,58,61,59,58,59,61,60,60,61,65,66,65,69 European Union 2),65,66,69,73,78,90,101,112,125,135,135,133,137,145,150,157,161,152,148,150,153,153,154,156,156,157,163,163,163,161,171 China,m,m,m,m,0,0,0,0,1,2,1,1,2,2,4,5,6,6,9,12,14,16,19,21,27,34,39,41,47,50,52 Japan,100,94,97,96,113,130,140,151,179,214,208,222,247,278,285,288,303,279,293,343,378,390,375,379,387,407,432,448,430,411,435 Canada,33,35,40,42,46,54,69,74,92,104,108,106,110,120,134,140,138,117,122,133,127,131,130,114,113,114,110,114,112,117,126 Korea,m,m,m,m,13,15,20,30,40,61,72,90,120,153,181,202,203,190,226,247,272,294,308,325,341,343,347,383,410,433,458 Russian Federation,m,m,m,m,3,4,4,5,5,5,6,5,5,6,7,7,7,7,7,8,10,10,9,9,8,9,10,9,9,9,8 Switzerland,m,m,m,m,309,350,390,437,467,520,534,507,533,591,626,630,672,604,584,620,600,618,604,586,612,614,631,650,640,643,657 United Kingdom,79,80,83,86,90,100,109,123,142,154,153,147,143,143,144,152,149,136,135,136,139,133,143,144,141,137,140,138,138,132,136 United States,89,92,95,101,112,123,140,147,173,193,186,182,189,201,210,212,199,173,167,174,189,198,216,200,200,201,204,203,204,204,205 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Source: Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (calculations, ""Data base: European Patent Office (PATSTAT), EUROSTAT, World Bank"")",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, This table also appears in the Federal Report on Research and Innovation as Table 20.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Notes:,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1) Inventions registered in the European Patent Office or at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "2) The category European Union represents those countries that were members of the EU in the respective year of reference (as of 2020, EU countries does not include United Kingdom).",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, m = data not available.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Results of the ICE-BMBF's ICE-Database of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (ICE = Information, Controlling, Entscheidung)",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "A system of the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), http://www.dzhw.eu/en/index_html",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Last update: May 22, 2024",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, This work is licensed under a Data licence Germany attribution 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