/>iIt is interesting to note that many of the world’s most successful countries actually have more patents per capita than the US, Switzerland being chief among them. Here is the list:
1. Switzerland (7th in EPO table) – 7.8 million population /953 inhabitants per application
2. Finland (13) – 5.3 million/1,881
3. Sweden (11) – 9.3 million/1,990
4. Germany (3) – 82 million/2,371
5. Japan (2) – 127 million/2,471
6. Denmark (17) – 5.5 million/2,483
7. Netherlands (9) – 16.5 million/2,596
8. Austria (16) – 8.3 million/3,458
9. Korea (5) – 50 million/3,502
10. Israel (19) – 7.6 million/4,316
11. Belgium (15) – 10.8 million/4,417
12. United States (1) – 310 million /4,861
13. France (6) – 65.5 million/5,471
14. Canada (12) – 34.2 million/8,660
15. United Kingdom (8) – 62 million/9,167
16. Australia (18) – 22.4 million/11,827
17. Italy (10) – 60 million/12,750
18. Spain (14) – 47 million/18,673
19. China (4) – 1.35 billion/71,648
20. India (20) – 1.2 billion/920,245
