Top Foreign Patent/Utility Innovation Applicants in Malaysia for the Year 2007 & 2008

Rank	Country	Year 2007	Year 2008	Total Applications
1.	USA	526	1,447	1,973
2.	Malaysia	670	864	1,534
3.	Japan	362	746	1,108
4.	Germany	67	355	422
5.	Switzerland	86	257	343
6.	Netherlands	22	289	311
7.	United Kingdom	72	237	309
8.	Taiwan	97	128	225
9.	Korea	82	134	216
10.	France	33	140	173
11.	China	63	79	142
12.	Sweden	37	94	131
13.	Australia	34	77	111
14.	Singapore	42	59	101
15.	Finland	17	75	92
16.	Belgium	12	70	82
17.	India	17	43	60
18.	Canada	20	32	52
19.	Denmark	8	41	49
20.	Italy	12	37	49
21.	Norway	13	32	45
22.	Austria	11	24	35
23.	Thailand	7	12	19
24.	New Zealand	5	11	16
25.	Barbados	10	6	16
26.	Cuba	0	16	16
27.	Virgin Islands	6	9	15
28.	Spain	6	8	14
29.	Ireland	2	10	12
30.	South Africa	1	10	11
31.	Others	32	61	93
TOTAL		2,372	5,403	7,775

# Source: Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO)

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