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Japan vs United States: Patent applications, residents

Japan
222,452
in 2021
United States
262,244
in 2021
Japan rank
3rd
United States rank
2nd

Patent applications, residents over time

  • Japan
  • United States
100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k198020002021

How they compare

United States currently reports 262,244 against 222,452 in Japan, a difference of 39,792.

That makes United States's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd of 135 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Patent applications, residents
Source
WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), note: The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the trans
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
147 places, 4,224 data points, 1980–2021
Last refreshed

Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.