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India among top nations to receive patent filings
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Image: A traditional Fiaker horse carriage passes Burgtheater theatre at Dr-Karl-Lueger-Ring street in Vienna.
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As companies vie to patent their products and innovations, countries around the world are witnessing an increase in patent applications.
Let's take a look at some nations that have received most applications.
Source: The Economist
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Image: China Maritime Museum in the Shanghai Lingang Industrial Parkin.
Photographs: Aly Song/Reuters
China
Total patent applications: 520,000
Number of patents granted: 172,000
Global rank: 1
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Image: The Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge is seen from the 90th storey of One World Trade Center in New York.
Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
The United States
Total patent applications: 510,000
Number of patents granted: 225,000
Global rank: 2
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Image: Japan's Mt Fuji, covered with snow, is seen through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo.
Photographs: Kimimasa Mayama/Reuters
Japan
Total patent applications: 350,000
Number of patents granted: 238,000
Global rank: 3
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Image: Part of Gangnam area is seen down the Han River in Seoul.
Photographs: Lee Jae Won/Reuters
South Korea
Total patent applications: 180,000
Number of patents granted: 95,000
Global rank: 4
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Image: Tourists walk in Brussels' Royal Galleries of Saint Hubert.
Photographs: Sebastien Pirlet/Reuters
European Patent Office
Total patent applications: 140,000
Number of patents granted: 62,000
Global rank: 5
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Image: Hat designer Fiona Bennett and her assistants work in Bennett's studio at Potsdamer Street in Berlin.
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Germany
Total patent applications: 60,000
Number of patents granted: 12,000
Global rank: 6
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Image: Shoppers leave a retail store inside a mall in Mumbai.
Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
India
Total patent applications: 50,000
Number of patents granted: 5,000
Global rank: 7
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Image: A view of the Moscow International Business Center and the Mercury City Tower.
Photographs: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
Russia
Total patent applications: 50,000
Number of patents granted: 30,000
Global rank: 8
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Image: A worker cleans away snow around the Centennial Flame on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Photographs: Christopher Pike/Reuters
Canada
Total patent applications: 40,000
Number of patents granted: 21,000
Global rank: 9
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Image: Shoppers are seen at an outdoor mall in Melbourne.
Photographs: Mick Tsikas/Reuters
Australia
Total patent applications: 30,000
Number of patents granted: 18,000
Global rank: 10
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Image: Brazilian National Congress in Brasilia.
Photographs: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
Brazil
Total patent applications: 25,000
Number of patents granted: 3,000
Global rank: 11
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Image: Traffic on the road and the Thames passes the Houses of Parliament in London.
Photographs: Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters
The United Kingdom
Total patent applications: 25,000
Number of patents granted: 7,000
Global rank: 12
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