Table 21. Trademark Applications Filed by Residents of Foreign Countries
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TABLE 21
UNITED STATES PATENT APPLICATIONS FILED BY RESIDENTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES /1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Residence |
1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
2000 |
2001
|
| Total |
33,080
|
36,249
|
44,549
|
67,035
|
65,589
|
|
Algeria |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
| Andorra |
7
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
1
|
| Angola |
-
|
-
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
| Anguilla |
4
|
5
|
4
|
14
|
18
|
| Antigua & Barbuda |
7
|
-
|
6
|
15
|
43
|
| Argentina |
98
|
126
|
142
|
326
|
246
|
| Armenia |
-
|
-
|
3
|
9
|
8
|
| Aruba |
5
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
13
|
| Australia |
922
|
1,018
|
1,423
|
2,321
|
1,731
|
| Austria |
226
|
343
|
500
|
632
|
604
|
| Bahamas |
67
|
95
|
101
|
148
|
153
|
| Bahrain |
2
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
3
|
| Bangladesh |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
| Barbados |
35
|
14
|
88
|
89
|
92
|
| Belarus |
1
|
3
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
| Belgium |
278
|
321
|
409
|
619
|
548
|
| Belize |
1
|
4
|
8
|
9
|
15
|
| Benelux Convention |
13
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
| Bermuda |
186
|
97
|
148
|
321
|
258
|
| Bolivia |
1
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
2
|
| Botswana |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Brazil |
191
|
209
|
211
|
357
|
443
|
| British Virgin Islands |
159
|
235
|
232
|
696
|
363
|
| Brunei |
1
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
| Bulgaria |
2
|
4
|
13
|
5
|
6
|
| Burundi |
-
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
| Cambodia |
1
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
| Cameroon |
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Canada |
6,063
|
6,499
|
7,889
|
9,844
|
8,086
|
| Cayman Islands |
65
|
64
|
50
|
265
|
190
|
| Central African Republic |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Channel Islands |
75
|
42
|
-
|
110
|
65
|
| Chile |
58
|
58
|
101
|
132
|
207
|
| China (Mainland) |
308
|
331
|
301
|
438
|
448
|
| Christmas Island |
2
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
| Columbia |
72
|
57
|
79
|
183
|
170
|
| Comoros |
-
|
1
|
-
|
3
|
1
|
| Cook Islands |
3
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
10
|
| Costa Rica |
26
|
21
|
11
|
25
|
12
|
| Croatia |
1
|
11
|
2
|
9
|
7
|
| Cuba |
5
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
| Cyprus |
9
|
28
|
31
|
71
|
34
|
| Czechoslovakia |
38
|
26
|
30
|
50
|
39
|
| Denmark |
260
|
348
|
382
|
604
|
716
|
| Djibouti |
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Dominica |
8
|
5
|
-
|
2
|
2
|
| Dominican Republic |
59
|
59
|
65
|
62
|
43
|
| Ecuador |
25
|
28
|
19
|
22
|
40
|
| Egypt |
1
|
5
|
2
|
10
|
24
|
| El Salvador |
7
|
12
|
9
|
25
|
59
|
| EPO |
-
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
| Estonia |
1
|
-
|
7
|
5
|
13
|
| Ethiopia |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
| Faroe Islands |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Fiji |
3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
-
|
| Finland |
181
|
219
|
340
|
473
|
656
|
| France |
2,483
|
3,095
|
3,695
|
4,860
|
4,636
|
| French Polynesia |
2
|
3
|
2
|
8
|
1
|
| French South/Antarctic |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Gabon |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Georgia |
-
|
11
|
7
|
7
|
12
|
| Germany |
4,080
|
4,519
|
6,307
|
10,218
|
9,474
|
| Ghana |
1
|
2
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
| Gibraltar |
-
|
6
|
48
|
31
|
12
|
| Greece |
16
|
22
|
30
|
92
|
22
|
| Greenland |
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
| Grenada |
-
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
| Guadeloupe |
-
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Guatemala |
7
|
7
|
18
|
14
|
30
|
| Guinea |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
| Guyana |
3
|
-
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
| Hague |
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Haiti |
4
|
5
|
3
|
-
|
8
|
| Honduras |
7
|
15
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
| Hong Kong |
437
|
478
|
625
|
1,097
|
898
|
| Hungary |
15
|
11
|
21
|
31
|
48
|
| Iceland |
8
|
24
|
26
|
50
|
64
|
| India |
93
|
78
|
123
|
252
|
214
|
| Indonesia |
37
|
29
|
23
|
31
|
50
|
| Iran |
77
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
| Ireland |
252
|
223
|
386
|
560
|
469
|
| Isle of Man |
108
|
41
|
28
|
38
|
34
|
| Israel |
333
|
431
|
621
|
1,033
|
835
|
| Italy |
1,557
|
1,562
|
1,868
|
2,548
|
2380
|
| Jamaica |
10
|
40
|
33
|
51
|
56
|
| Japan |
2,845
|
2,883
|
3,028
|
4,273
|
9,008
|
| Jordan |
4
|
2
|
28
|
7
|
13
|
| Kazakhstan |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Kenya |
3
|
2
|
-
|
5
|
42
|
| Korea, Dem. Republic of |
10
|
1
|
5
|
4
|
-
|
| Korea, Republic of |
419
|
436
|
498
|
943
|
913
|
| Kuwait |
4
|
2
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
| Latvia |
7
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
| Laos |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Lebanon |
1
|
2
|
14
|
4
|
13
|
| Liberia |
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
| Liechtenstein |
47
|
100
|
110
|
149
|
89
|
| Lithuania |
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
3
|
| Luxembourg |
120
|
113
|
137
|
198
|
135
|
| Macau |
4
|
7
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
| Macedonia |
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
| Malawi, Republic of |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Malaysia |
49
|
46
|
42
|
94
|
66
|
| Mali |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Malta |
3
|
3
|
1
|
26
|
6
|
| Marshall Islands |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
| Martinique |
6
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
| Mauritania |
-
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
| Mauritius |
-
|
1
|
18
|
61
|
30
|
| Mayotte |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
| Mexico |
669
|
677
|
852
|
809
|
982
|
| Micronesia |
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
| Moldova |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
2
|
| Monaco |
39
|
87
|
104
|
70
|
136
|
| Mongolia |
3
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
| Morocco |
1
|
2
|
7
|
2
|
-
|
| Myanmar |
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| N. Mariana Island |
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
| Namibia |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
| Nauru |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Navassa Island |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Nepal |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
| Netherlands |
1,062
|
1,207
|
1,472
|
2,220
|
2,063
|
| Netherlands Antilles |
77
|
39
|
97
|
92
|
64
|
| New Caledonia |
-
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
| New Hebrides |
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
| New Zealand |
162
|
218
|
314
|
324
|
359
|
| Newfoundland |
-
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
| Nicaragua |
5
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
5
|
| Nigeria |
1
|
-
|
-
|
9
|
-
|
| Norway |
133
|
240
|
226
|
317
|
319
|
| Oman |
-
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
2
|
| Pakistan |
5
|
2
|
10
|
6
|
5
|
| Panama |
30
|
28
|
46
|
20
|
36
|
| Papua New Guinea |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Paraguay |
2
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
| Peru |
6
|
7
|
10
|
20
|
27
|
| Philippines |
27
|
17
|
19
|
15
|
42
|
| Pitcairn Islands |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Poland |
20
|
24
|
26
|
41
|
64
|
| Portugal |
57
|
57
|
95
|
110
|
134
|
| Qatar |
-
|
-
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
| Reunion |
3
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
| Romania |
7
|
3
|
9
|
2
|
14
|
| Saint Kitts & Nevis |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Saint Lucia |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Saint Pierre/Mique |
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Saint Vincent/Grenadines |
-
|
-
|
12
|
1
|
14
|
| Samoa |
2
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
| San Marino |
1
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
| Saudi Arabia |
5
|
21
|
10
|
29
|
22
|
| Scotland |
64
|
82
|
105
|
51
|
95
|
| Senegal, Republic of |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
| Seychelles |
1
|
1
|
11
|
1
|
5
|
| Sierra Leone |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Singapore |
203
|
161
|
186
|
419
|
339
|
| Slovakia |
2
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
| Slovenia |
15
|
9
|
10
|
18
|
8
|
| Solomon Islands |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
| Somalia |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| South Africa |
144
|
142
|
169
|
263
|
206
|
| Russian Federation |
52
|
46
|
110
|
135
|
111
|
| Spain |
658
|
690
|
694
|
1,149
|
1035
|
| Sri Lanka |
6
|
8
|
3
|
28
|
7
|
| Sudan |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Suriname |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
| Swaziland |
1
|
33
|
5
|
7
|
57
|
| Sweden |
798
|
961
|
1,213
|
1,722
|
1,490
|
| Switzerland |
1,566
|
1,674
|
2,032
|
3,385
|
3,023
|
| Taiwan |
724
|
774
|
961
|
1283
|
1060
|
| Tajikistan |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Tanzania |
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Thailand |
34
|
38
|
88
|
82
|
78
|
| Tokelau |
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
| Tonga |
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Trinidad & Tobago |
10
|
9
|
8
|
8
|
11
|
| Tunisia |
7
|
-
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
| Turkey |
43
|
61
|
46
|
61
|
131
|
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
10
|
2
|
6
|
12
|
2
|
| Uganda |
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Ukraine |
-
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
17
|
| United Arab Emirates |
13
|
6
|
19
|
19
|
61
|
| United Kingdom |
3,784
|
4,265
|
5,056
|
9,367
|
7,860
|
| Uruguay |
2
|
16
|
22
|
34
|
17
|
| Uzbekistan |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Vanuatu |
-
|
-
|
3
|
21
|
9
|
| Venezuela |
57
|
53
|
50
|
116
|
115
|
| Vietnam |
1
|
7
|
5
|
14
|
5
|
| Yemen |
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Yugoslavia |
9
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Yukon Territory |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
| Zaire |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| Zambia |
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
| Zimbabwe |
8
|
-
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
| Other /1 |
-
|
3
|
2
|
66
|
547
|
|
- Represents zero.
|
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