1China<2013> 659,563 <2014> 564,555 <2015> 569,059 <2016> 650,344 <2017> 628,658 <2018> 708,799 <2019> 711,617 <2020> 770,362 <2021> 805,710 <2022> 798,112 2European Union Intellectual Property Office<2013> 96,422 <2014> 98,957 <2015> 99,658 <2016> 105,729 <2017> 111,234 <2018> 108,553 <2019> 113,337 <2020> 113,195 <2021> 117,049 <2022> 109,132 3Türkiye<2013> 50,822 <2014> 49,161 <2015> 46,434 <2016> 46,497 <2017> 46,930 <2018> 42,332 <2019> 46,211 <2020> 47,653 <2021> 65,924 <2022> 84,111 4United Kingdom<2013> 5,209 <2014> 5,084 <2015> 6,472 <2016> 10,030 <2017> 19,269 <2018> 27,507 <2019> 29,899 <2020> 32,733 <2021> 74,780 <2022> 69,004 5Republic of Korea<2013> 70,054 <2014> 68,564 <2015> 72,813 <2016> 69,293 <2017> 67,482 <2018> 68,310 <2019> 69,359 <2020> 70,821 <2021> 69,248 <2022> 61,136 6United States of America<2013> 36,034 <2014> 35,378 <2015> 40,972 <2016> 45,420 <2017> 46,069 <2018> 47,149 <2019> 49,853 <2020> 50,742 <2021> 59,477 <2022> 56,217 7Germany<2013> 57,197 <2014> 61,154 <2015> 56,631 <2016> 56,133 <2017> 45,815 <2018> 44,476 <2019> 44,097 <2020> 40,641 <2021> 36,997 <2022> 34,240 8Japan<2013> 31,125 <2014> 29,738 <2015> 30,702 <2016> 31,219 <2017> 32,686 <2018> 31,571 <2019> 32,180 <2020> 31,650 <2021> 32,747 <2022> 32,423 9France<2013> 66,857 <2014> 64,248 <2015> 64,913 <2016> 53,461 <2017> 45,746 <2018> 42,523 <2019> 37,405 <2020> 31,199 <2021> 31,344 <2022> 31,676 10Italy<2013> 31,539 <2014> 30,937 <2015> - <2016> 27,092 <2017> 30,883 <2018> 36,024 <2019> 31,112 <2020> 25,364 <2021> 26,694 <2022> 29,611 11India<2013> 8,497 <2014> 9,309 <2015> 10,290 <2016> 10,673 <2017> 11,117 <2018> 12,632 <2019> 13,723 <2020> 12,793 <2021> 21,446 <2022> 22,557 12Switzerland<2013> 11,857 <2014> 13,285 <2015> 13,095 <2016> 11,737 <2017> 13,074 <2018> 11,697 <2019> 12,626 <2020> 10,160 <2021> 11,808 <2022> 11,525 13Spain<2013> 18,409 <2014> 18,373 <2015> 17,915 <2016> 18,336 <2017> 22,599 <2018> 18,855 <2019> 16,177 <2020> 12,376 <2021> 12,294 <2022> 11,113 14Russian Federation<2013> 6,935 <2014> 7,313 <2015> 6,002 <2016> 6,565 <2017> 7,390 <2018> 8,957 <2019> 10,927 <2020> 10,589 <2021> 12,542 <2022> 9,448 15Canada<2013> 5,346 <2014> 5,767 <2015> 5,846 <2016> 6,170 <2017> 6,533 <2018> 6,869 <2019> 7,548 <2020> 7,530 <2021> 9,491 <2022> 8,855 16Iran (Islamic Republic of)<2013> 4,825 <2014> 8,864 <2015> 11,856 <2016> 15,979 <2017> 17,978 <2018> 14,774 <2019> 17,622 <2020> 14,984 <2021> 14,016 <2022> 8,212 17Australia<2013> 6,912 <2014> 6,597 <2015> 7,024 <2016> 7,278 <2017> 7,708 <2018> 8,029 <2019> 8,857 <2020> 7,359 <2021> 8,120 <2022> 7,860 18Brazil<2013> 6,847 <2014> 6,590 <2015> 6,039 <2016> 6,027 <2017> 6,000 <2018> 6,111 <2019> 6,432 <2020> 6,263 <2021> 6,711 <2022> 7,196 19Thailand<2013> 3,802 <2014> 4,077 <2015> 4,461 <2016> 4,857 <2017> 5,122 <2018> 5,469 <2019> 5,293 <2020> 5,818 <2021> 5,687 <2022> 5,259 20Morocco<2013> 4,919 <2014> 5,632 <2015> 6,060 <2016> 6,223 <2017> 5,271 <2018> 5,552 <2019> 5,237 <2020> 3,908 <2021> 4,386 <2022> 4,882