PCT International Applications

Top 15 Countries of Origin
	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006 estimate	2006 percent	2006 growth
United States of America	41,296	41,028	43,350	46,697	49,555	34.1%	6.1%
Japan	14,063	17,414	20,263	24,841	26,906	18.5%	8.3%
Germany	14,326	14,662	15,218	16,000	16,929	11.7%	5.8%
Republic of Korea	2,520	2,949	3,558	4,688	5,935	4.1%	26.6%
France	5,089	5,171	5,185	5,741	5,902	4.1%	2.8%
United Kingdom	5,376	5,206	5,026	5,085	5,045	3.5%	-0.8%
Netherlands	3,977	4,479	4,285	4,516	4,393	3.0%	-2.7%
China	1,018	1,295	1,706	2,493	3,910	2.7%	56.8%
Switzerland	2,755	2,861	2,899	3,277	3,403	2.3%	3.8%
Sweden	2,990	2,612	2,850	2,873	3,123	2.1%	8.7%
Italy	1,982	2,163	2,189	2,345	2,723	1.9%	16.1%
Canada	2,260	2,270	2,105	2,320	2,532	1.7%	9.1%
Australia	1,759	1,680	1,837	1,998	2,139	1.5%	7.0%
Finland	1,762	1,557	1,672	1,890	1,915	1.3%	1.3%
Israel	1,174	1,130	1,227	1,458	1,725	1.2%	18.3%
All Others	8,045	8,722	9,254	10,278	9,165	6.3%	-10.8%
Total	110,392	115,199	122,624	136,500	145,300	100.0%	6.4%