Countries of inventors of IBM’s US patents

63318 inventors at IBM filed 144587 US patents between 1976 and 2020. These IBM inventors belong to 73 different countries.

The donut chart below shares the percentage contribution of inventors from the top ten countries in IBM’s US patent filing.

Countries of Inventors of IBM US Patents

CountryInventorPatent% of Inventors
United States Of America4187635826766.14
Japan2838215344.48
China2417143243.82
India2387131873.77
Germany2371135693.74
United Kingdom196998933.11
Canada193596853.06
Israel150494732.38
France101053861.60
Switzerland79672861.26
Taiwan54939850.87
Italy50527480.80
Australia50426760.80
Ireland49731750.78
Brazil32712150.52
Korea (South)25735340.41
Singapore1918700.30
Poland1667580.26
Netherlands1153950.18
Mexico912310.14
Sweden862170.14
Spain822230.13
Belgium643560.10
Egypt612360.10
Austria602690.09
Denmark541740.09
Hong Kong (S.A.R.)461990.07
Costa Rica451940.07
New Zealand421530.07
Kenya332340.05
Russian Federation31930.05
Hungary291360.05
Argentina29860.05
Czech Republic281310.04
Norway26620.04
Malaysia25440.04
Saudi Arabia231200.04
Finland22750.03
Greece21700.03
South Africa18570.03
Romania15220.02
United Arab Emirates12540.02
Brunei11210.02
Philippines9170.01
Thailand7350.01
Turkey7130.01
Georgia6180.01
Chile5120.01
Portugal580.01
Tunisia560.01
Latvia450.01
Pakistan3160.00
Slovakia390.00
Viet Nam330.00
Indonesia2140.00
Kazakhstan270.00
Jordan260.00
Venezuela240.00
Colombia240.00
Belarus230.00
Trinidad and Tobago220.00
Iceland11070.00
Luxembourg170.00
Macao140.00
Malta130.00
Iran120.00
Algeria120.00
Czechoslovakia (up to 1993)110.00
Cyprus110.00
Croatia110.00
Ukraine110.00
Lithuania110.00
European Patent Office110.00

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