Top 20 Country Total Patent (Invention) History (1980-2017)

[beijingwalker]

Top 20 Country Total Patent (Invention) History (1980-2017)

 

[Goenitz]

so why some countries had receding numbers? Patent expired?

 

[beijingwalker]

Japan used to have more patents than US and USSR combined...it really had its huge glory in the past.

 

[beijingwalker]

I kind of wonder what happened to Japan, South Korea is faring pretty well till now.

 

[DavidSling]

Israel is doing well compared to it's size

 

[Michael Corleone]

Israel is doing well compared to it's size

quite good really...

 

[Mista]

so why some countries had receding numbers? Patent expired?

It's patent application per year, not accumulated application granted.

 

[Goenitz]

It's patent application per year, not accumulated application granted.

cant be... each year 300,000 figure in the last?