Patent Applications by Applicant Country of Origin, 2024
Key Findings
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China leads in Patent Applications (Thousands) with 1,795.72 in 2024.
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Average Patent Applications (Thousands) in 2024: 415 · median: 215.
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Gap in 2024: China is 38.6× larger than United Kingdom.
About This Dataset
Patent Applications by Applicant Country of Origin, 2024
This chart compares patent applications originating from eight selected countries in 2024, using Figure A17 of WIPO’s World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025. Values are thousands of applications; 2025 is the report edition, not the observation year.
Origin follows the residence of the first named applicant. Counts combine applications filed domestically and abroad. WIPO uses absolute counts, counting a regional-office application once. Original counts were divided by 1,000 without changing their precision.
This measures filing activity by applicants’ origin, rather than applications received by each national patent office. Utility-model applications are excluded.
Applications are not granted patents or unique inventions: the same invention can generate filings in multiple jurisdictions. This selection does not measure patent quality, commercial value or filings per person.
Origin follows the residence of the first named applicant. Counts combine applications filed domestically and abroad. WIPO uses absolute counts, counting a regional-office application once. Original counts were divided by 1,000 without changing their precision.
This measures filing activity by applicants’ origin, rather than applications received by each national patent office. Utility-model applications are excluded.
Applications are not granted patents or unique inventions: the same invention can generate filings in multiple jurisdictions. This selection does not measure patent quality, commercial value or filings per person.
Analysis
China leads with 1,795.715 thousand applications, followed by the United States (501.831) and Japan (419.132). Germany records 133.485 thousand, India 76.405 thousand, France 51.765 thousand and the United Kingdom 46.465 thousand.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- WIPO — World Intellectual Property Indicators 2025, Figure A17
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 2024 · 8 observations
- Measure
- Patent Applications (Thousands)
- Last updated
- 9 October 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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