Applications by Country of Applicant

The following list are the top countries of origin (as identified by the applicant) for applications either a) published in 2011 or b) entered national phase entry in Canada.

Note: for some applications (less than 1% of total), the country of origin could not be easily extracted using software.

Country Count Percentage
1 United States of America 10856 41.1%
2 Canada 3430 13.0%
3 Germany 1666 6.3%
4 Japan 1163 4.4%
5 France 1085 4.1%
6 Switzerland 969 3.7%
7 United Kingdom 861 3.3%
8 Netherlands 414 1.6%
9 Italy 334 1.3%
10 Australia 297 1.1%
11 Sweden 267 1.0%
12 Germany (Democratic Republic) 263 1.0%
13 Republic of Korea 218 0.8%
14 Denmark 217 0.8%
15 China 198 0.7%
16 Belgium 195 0.7%
17 Israel 194 0.7%
18 Finland 182 0.7%
19 Norway 180 0.7%
20 Austria 170 0.6%
21 Taiwan 148 0.6%
22 Spain 126 0.5%
23 Ireland 100 0.4%
24 India 93 0.4%
25 Luxembourg 62 0.2%
26 PUBL) (Sweden 61 0.2%
27 Brazil 50 0.2%
28 Mexico 45 0.2%
29 New Zealand 40 0.2%
30 Singapore 37 0.1%

The remaining countries of origin (and those that were not automatically categorized) amount to 2486 applications which is 9.4% of the total.

List generated December 22, 2011

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