China moves past France and U.K. into 7th place in USPTO patents

[Martian]

The four largest exporters in the world (e.g. #1 China by using Greater China patents, #2 U.S., #3 Germany, and #4 Japan) are also the four largest USPTO patent holders.

Greater China comprises mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
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PATENT COUNTS BY ORIGIN AND TYPE, CALENDAR YEAR 2013 | U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Patents granted by the United States for the year 2013.

1. U.S. 147,652 patents
2. Japan 54,170
(Greater China 19,471)
3. Germany 16,605
4. South Korea 15,745
5. Taiwan 12,118
6. Canada 7,272
7. China 6,597
8. France 6,555
9. U.K. 6,551
10. Italy 2,930
...
India 2,474
Singapore 857
Hong Kong 756 (Patent office counts Hong Kong as a separate entity)
Russian Federation 432
Brazil 286
Malaysia 230

These countries are sometimes mentioned by the media as the "next China":

Mexico 204
South Africa 181
Poland 113
Thailand 104
Turkey 83
Argentina 80
Greece 70
Chile 57
Ukraine 38
Egypt 34
Philippines 34
Indonesia 15
Vietnam 10

 

[Yusuf]

Hahaha another way to show Taiwan as part of a China. Taiwan has twice the number of patents as mainland China but show as Greater China to absorb what's not yours.