In 2023, China had the most patent grants worldwide with ******* patents granted to resident and non-resident companies or organizations. The United States followed with ******* granted patents the same year.

Sweden was the Nordic country with the most patents granted by the European Patent Office per capita, as of 2018. The country had roughly 350 patents per million inhabitants and was followed by Finland . Norway ranked last within the Nordic region that year, with approximately 79 patents per million inhabitants.

In 2023, China had the most patents in force worldwide, with about **** million patents in force. The United States had the second most patents in force, amounting to roughly **** million, followed by Japan with around two million.

In 2024, China led the ranking with a total of ****** international (PCT) patent applications filed in that year. The United States and Japan followed behind with over ****** and ****** applications, respectively.

Data on the ratio of patent applications to the European Patent Office (EPO) to million inhabitants in selected countries in 2020 shows that Switzerland had almost ***** applications per million inhabitants filed with the EPO. This was followed by Sweden and Denmark with ***** and ***** patent applications, respectively.

Generalized linear models for a country’s nanotechnology patents per capita.

In earlier work we identified a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states. In this paper we relate 11 indicators of individual openness to innovation (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, agency, imagination, and independence in children) to 5 measures of religiosity, including beliefs and attendance. We use five waves of the World Values Survey and control for sociodemographics, country and year fixed effects. Across the 52 regressions, greater religiosity is almost uniformly associated to less favorable views of innovation, with high significance.

This statistic displays the number of patents granted for medical technology by the European Patent Office in 2024, by country of origin. In this year, around *** thousand applications from the United States were granted patents in medical technology, while Germany followed with *** patents granted.

IntroductionCountries have traditionally been split into two major groups: developed or industrialized (“the North”) and developing or underdeveloped (“the South”). Several authors and organizations have challenged this classification to recognize countries that have reached an intermediate stage of social and economic development. As proposed by Morel and collaborators in 2005, the concept of Innovative Developing Countries (IDCs) defines a group of nations with impactful scientific programs. Here, IDCs are reexamined by a variety of metrics to highlight their role in health innovation through research and development (R&D) programs on neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) that also positively impact epidemic preparedness.ResultsTo address the global changes due to expanding globalization we updated the original indicator of the number of USPTO patents deposited by individual countries per GDP and per capita to the number of international patents applications, related to applicant residence and deposited under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) per GNI (or GDP) and per capita. A comparison of the originally described ranking of top innovative countries to those in the present study revealed new members that updated the list of IDCs and showed a prominent role now played by China.Analyzing scientific publications in international journals since the introduction of the IDC concept in 2005 we found that IDCs do prioritize Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) as an area of research.Finally we investigated the role of IDCs in two major public health emergencies between 2012 and 2016, the outbreaks of Ebola in West Africa and Zika in South America. An analysis of the co-authorship country networks demonstrated an important role for IDC infrastructure and personnel in the prevention and control of these epidemics.Discussion and conclusionsDifferent techniques can be used to evaluate and measure innovative performance of countries. Country rankings published by traditional indexes, such as the Bloomberg Innovation Index (BII) and the Global Innovation Index (GII), only include high income economies among the top 20 performers. This is in sharp contrast to our approach, which identified 8-9 IDCs among the first 25 with China occupying the top position. Through an analysis of the pros and cons of the different methodologies, the IDC concept challenges more conventional approaches to address and estimate the innovative capacity of countries.

In 2023, the Republic of Korea was leading the ranking of resident patent applications with about ***** patent applications per 100 billion GDP in U.S. dollars. Other East Asian countries top the list, with China at ***** and Japan at ***** patent applications per 100 billion GDP in U.S. dollars.

■Purpose and Overview In order to facilitate Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises's strategic foreign filing, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and others that are planning to expand their business abroad will be subsidized at half the cost of filing a foreign application.

■ Subsidy Rate 1/2

■ Maximum Per 1 Company: 3 million JPY Per 1 Deal: Patents 1.5 million JPY Utility Model, Design and Trademark 600,000 each JPY Anti-Affection Trademark 300,000 JPY

■ Funding Expense (1) Filing Fees with Foreign Patent Offices Domestic and Local Agent Expenses for (2) (1) Translation Expenses for (3) (1)

■ Eligibility At the time of application for grant: ・ The group consists of people from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises or Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (more than 2/3 of the members are from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises). However, deemed large enterprises () are excluded. () A "deemed large enterprise" is an enterprise that falls under (a) to (e) below. (a) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least two (2) 1 of the total number of issued shares or the total amount of investment value is held by the same large enterprise (b) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least three (3) 2 of the total number of issued shares or the total amount of investment value is held by two or more large enterprises (c) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least two (2) 1 of the total number of officers is held by a person who also serves as an officer or employee of a large enterprise (d) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where 100% of the shares are directly or indirectly held by a corporation whose total capital or investment value is 500 million JPY or more (o) At the time of the application for indirect grant, Those in 1 whose annual average taxable income for each year or business year of the most recent 3 years that has been declared exceeds 1.5 billion JPY.

Foreign applications of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Regional Collective Trademarks are to chambers of commerce and industry, associations of commerce and industry, non-profit organizations, etc.

Satisfies ・ or Less (1) through (4). (1) A patent, utility model, design or trademark application has already been filed with the Japan Patent Office at the time of application, and the applicant plans to file an application in a foreign country within the current fiscal year claiming priority for the application with the same content. * Trademarks may not have priority. * For non-priority PCT applications (direct PCT applications) and Hague applications, Japan should be included as a designated Contracting State at the time of filing. (2) The possibility of obtaining rights in a foreign country cannot be clearly ruled out from the results of prior art search, etc. (3) If a right has been established in a foreign country, etc., "With regard to trademark applications, he/she has the intention to take measures against acquiescence in foreign countries." or "plans to develop a business utilizing such right." * A blasphemy application is a preemptive application filed by a third party in bad faith. (4) Possess the necessary financial capacity and financial plan for the foreign application. * If adopted, the company name and location will be announced. * If the project is approved, we will conduct a status survey (Follow-up surveys, hearings, etc.) for 5 years after completion of the project.

■ Geography Individuals with offices in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

■ Remarks (1) Simply entering information in jGrants does not qualify your application. Please be sure to submit the grant application and accompanying documents by mail (by 17:00 on Friday, June 28). In addition, please e-mail the Word version of the grant request.

< Contact for inquiries and documents related to grant Project > Institute of Inventors of Oita 1- 4361 10, Takae Nishi, Oita-shi 870 -1117 Tel: 097-596-6171 E-mail: info@oita-hatumei.net ( 2) For requirements and application forms, please refer to the Call for Applications in the details section and the Institute of Inventors of Oita website (■ Reference URL below). (3) When applying for multiple items, please apply for each item. ■ Reference URL https://oita-hatumei.net/

■Purpose and Overview In order to facilitate Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises's strategic foreign filing, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and others that are planning to expand their business abroad will be subsidized at half the cost of filing a foreign application.

■ Subsidy Rate 1/2

■ Maximum Per 1 Company: 3 million JPY Per 1 Deal: Patents 1.5 million JPY Utility Model, Design and Trademark 600,000 each JPY Anti-Affection Trademark 300,000 JPY

■ Funding Expense (1) Filing Fees with Foreign Patent Offices Domestic and Local Agent Expenses for (2) (1) Translation Expenses for (3) (1)

■ Eligibility At the time of application for grant: ・ The group consists of people from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises or Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (more than 2/3 of the members are from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises). However, deemed large enterprises () are excluded. () A "deemed large enterprise" is an enterprise that falls under (a) to (e) below. (a) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least two (2) 1 of the total number of issued shares or the total amount of investment value is held by the same large enterprise (b) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least three (3) 2 of the total number of issued shares or the total amount of investment value is held by two or more large enterprises (c) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least two (2) 1 of the total number of officers is held by a person who also serves as an officer or employee of a large enterprise (d) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where 100% of the shares are directly or indirectly held by a corporation whose total capital or investment value is 500 million JPY or more (o) At the time of the application for indirect grant, Those in 1 whose annual average taxable income for each year or business year of the most recent 3 years that has been declared exceeds 1.5 billion JPY.

Foreign applications of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Regional Collective Trademarks are to chambers of commerce and industry, associations of commerce and industry, non-profit organizations, etc.

Satisfies ・ or Less (1) through (4). (1) A patent, utility model, design or trademark application has already been filed with the Japan Patent Office at the time of application, and the applicant plans to file an application in a foreign country within the current fiscal year claiming priority for the application with the same content. * Trademarks may not have priority. * For non-priority PCT applications (direct PCT applications) and Hague applications, Japan should be included as a designated Contracting State at the time of filing. (2) The possibility of obtaining rights in a foreign country cannot be clearly ruled out based on the results of prior art search, etc. (3) If a right has been established in a foreign country, etc., "With regard to trademark applications, he/she has the intention to take measures against acquiescence in foreign countries." or "plans to develop a business utilizing such right." * A blasphemy application is a preemptive application filed by a third party in bad faith. (4) Possess the necessary financial capacity and financial plan for the foreign application. * If adopted, the company name and location will be announced. * If the project is approved, we will conduct a status survey (Follow-up surveys, hearings, etc.) for 5 years after completion of the project.

■ Geography Saga

■ Remarks (1) Simply typing in jGrants does not qualify your application. Please be sure to submit the grant application and accompanying documents by mail (by 17:00 on Friday, September 15). In addition, please e-mail the Word version of the grant request.

< Contact for inquiries and documents related to grant Project > 114 Hachinohe-Mizo, Nabeshima-cho, Saga City, Japan 849 0932 Intellectual Property Support Division, Saga Industrial Innovation Center Tel: (0952)30-8191 E-mail: chizai@mb.infosaga.or.jp

(2) For requirements and application forms, please visit Saga Industrial Innovation Center website (■ Reference URL below).

(3) When applying for multiple items, please apply for the same number of items.

■ Reference URL https://infosaga.or.jp/consultation/19.html

■Purpose and Overview In order to facilitate Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises's strategic foreign filing, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and others that are planning to expand their business abroad will be subsidized at half the cost of filing a foreign application.

■ Subsidy Rate 1/2

■ Maximum Per 1 Company: 3 million JPY Per 1 Deal: Patents 1.5 million JPY Utility Model, Design and Trademark 600,000 each JPY Anti-Affection Trademark 300,000 JPY

■ Funding Expense (1) Filing Fees with Foreign Patent Offices Domestic and Local Agent Expenses for (2) (1) Translation Expenses for (3) (1)

■ Eligibility At the time of application for grant: ・ The group consists of people from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises or Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (more than 2/3 of the members are from Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises). However, deemed large enterprises () are excluded. () A "deemed large enterprise" is an enterprise that falls under (a) to (e) below. (a) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least two (2) 1 of the total number of issued shares or the total amount of investment value is held by the same large enterprise (b) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least three (3) 2 of the total number of issued shares or the total amount of investment value is held by two or more large enterprises (c) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least two (2) 1 of the total number of officers is held by a person who also serves as an officer or employee of a large enterprise (d) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where 100% of the shares are directly or indirectly held by a corporation whose total capital or investment value is 500 million JPY or more (o) At the time of the application for indirect grant, Those in 1 whose annual average taxable income for each year or business year of the most recent 3 years that has been declared exceeds 1.5 billion JPY.

Foreign applications of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Regional Collective Trademarks are to chambers of commerce and industry, associations of commerce and industry, non-profit organizations, etc.

Satisfies ・ or Less (1) through (4). (1) A patent, utility model, design or trademark application has already been filed with the Japan Patent Office at the time of application, and the applicant plans to file an application in a foreign country within the current fiscal year claiming priority for the application with the same content. * Trademarks may not have priority. * For non-priority PCT applications (direct PCT applications) and Hague applications, Japan should be included as a designated Contracting State at the time of filing. (2) The possibility of obtaining rights in a foreign country cannot be clearly ruled out from the results of prior art search, etc. (3) If a right has been established in a foreign country, etc., "With regard to trademark applications, he/she has the intention to take measures against acquiescence in foreign countries." or "plans to develop a business utilizing the said right." * A blasphemy application is a preemptive application filed by a third party in bad faith. (4) Possess the necessary financial capacity and financial plan for the foreign application. * If adopted, the company name and location will be announced. * If the project is approved, we will conduct a status survey (Follow-up surveys, hearings, etc.) for 5 years after completion of the project.

■ Geography Individuals with offices in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

■ Remarks (1) Simply entering information in jGrants does not qualify your application. Please be sure to submit the grant application and accompanying documents by mail (by 17:00 on Friday, June 17). In addition, please e-mail the Word version of the grant request.

< Contact for inquiries and documents related to grant Project > Institute of Inventors of Oita 1- 4361 10, Takae Nishi, Oita-shi 870 -1117 Tel: 097-596-6171 E-mail: info@oita-hatumei.net ( 2) For requirements and application forms, please refer to the Call for Applications in the details section and the Institute of Inventors of Oita website (■ Reference URL below). (3) When applying for multiple items, please apply for each item. ■ Reference URL http://www.oita-hatumei.net/gaikoku-shutugan.html2023

■Purpose and Overview In order to facilitate Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises's strategic foreign filing, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and others that are planning to expand their business abroad will be subsidized at half the cost of filing a foreign application.

■ Subsidy rates Up to 1/2 of subsidy costs

■ Maximum amount Per 1 company: 3 million JPY (for multiple projects) Per 1 project: Patents 1.5 million JPY Utility model, design and trademark 600,000 each JPY Anti-Affluence Trademark 300,000 JPY

■ Subsidy costs (1) Filing fees with foreign patent offices Domestic and local representative costs for (2) (1) Translation costs for (3) (1)

■ Eligibility Applicants must meet the following requirements at the time of application: ・ Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises with its head office in Ishikawa Prefecture, or a group consisting of those in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (Persons engaged in business for the benefit of persons in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, where persons in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises account for 2/3 or more of the members.). However, deemed large enterprises () are excluded. () A "deemed large enterprise" is an enterprise that falls under (a) to (e) below. (a) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least two (2) 1 of the total number of issued shares or the total amount of investment value is held by the same large enterprise (b) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least three (3) 2 of the total number of issued shares or the total amount of investment value is held by two or more large enterprises (c) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where at least two (2) 1 of the total number of officers is held by a person who also serves as an officer or employee of a large enterprise (d) A person in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, etc., where 100% of the shares are directly or indirectly held by a corporation whose total capital or investment value is 500 million JPY or more (o) At the time of the application for indirect grant, Those in 1 whose annual average taxable income for each year or business year of the most recent 3 years that has been declared exceeds 1.5 billion JPY.

Foreign applications of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Regional Collective Trademarks are to chambers of commerce and industry, associations of commerce and industry, non-profit organizations, etc.

Satisfies ・ or Less (1) through (4). (1) A patent, utility model, design or trademark application has already been filed with the Japan Patent Office at the time of application, and the applicant plans to file an application in a foreign country within the current fiscal year claiming priority for the application with the same content. * Trademarks may not have priority. * For non-priority PCT applications (direct PCT applications) and Hague applications, Japan should be included as a designated Contracting State at the time of filing. (2) The possibility of obtaining rights in a foreign country cannot be clearly ruled out from the results of prior art search, etc. (3) If a right has been established in a foreign country, etc., "With regard to trademark applications, he/she has the intention to take measures against acquiescence in foreign countries." or "plans to develop a business utilizing the said right." * A blasphemy application is a preemptive application filed by a third party in bad faith. (4) Possess the necessary financial capacity and financial plan for the foreign application. * If adopted, the company name and location will be announced. * If the project is approved, we will conduct a status survey (Follow-up surveys, hearings, etc.) for 5 years after completion of the project.

■ Geography Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises with headquarters in Ishikawa

■ Remarks (1) Simply typing in jGrants does not qualify your application. Please be sure to e-mail or mail the grant application and any accompanying documents. New Business Support Division, Industrial Promotion Department, Ishikawa Industrial Creation Support Organization -20 Kuratsuki 2, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa 920-8203 Ishikawa Local Industry Promotion Center, New Bldg. 1F Tel: 076-267-1145

(2) For details of requirements, please refer to the Application Guidelines, website, etc.

(3) When applying for multiple items, please apply for the same number of items.

■ Contact: New Business Support Division, Industrial Promotion Department, Ishikawa Industrial Creation Support Organization TEL: 076-267-1145

■ Reference URL: https://www.isico.or.jp/site/chizai/gaikoku.html