31222 inventors at Microsoft filed 45981 US patents between 1976 and 2020. These Microsoft inventors belong to 65 different countries.
The donut chart below shares the percentage contribution of inventors from the top ten countries in Microsoft US patent filing.
Countries of Inventors of Microsoft US Patents
| Country | Inventor | Patent | % of Inventors |
| United States Of America | 25731 | 153401 | 82.41 |
| China | 1320 | 7756 | 4.23 |
| India | 690 | 2128 | 2.21 |
| United Kingdom | 680 | 3171 | 2.18 |
| Israel | 504 | 2142 | 1.61 |
| Canada | 368 | 2436 | 1.18 |
| Germany | 186 | 1010 | 0.60 |
| Finland | 186 | 969 | 0.60 |
| Japan | 185 | 1085 | 0.59 |
| Denmark | 162 | 479 | 0.52 |
| Taiwan | 142 | 1063 | 0.45 |
| Korea (South) | 123 | 4353 | 0.39 |
| Norway | 108 | 311 | 0.35 |
| Sweden | 95 | 430 | 0.30 |
| Ireland | 84 | 432 | 0.27 |
| France | 80 | 327 | 0.26 |
| Switzerland | 71 | 241 | 0.23 |
| Serbia | 61 | 158 | 0.20 |
| Australia | 58 | 148 | 0.19 |
| Egypt | 46 | 100 | 0.15 |
| Estonia | 38 | 132 | 0.12 |
| Singapore | 35 | 247 | 0.11 |
| Austria | 28 | 93 | 0.09 |
| Russian Federation | 27 | 48 | 0.09 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 26 | 77 | 0.08 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 78 | 0.06 |
| Brazil | 18 | 45 | 0.06 |
| Italy | 15 | 27 | 0.05 |
| Spain | 14 | 53 | 0.04 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 30 | 0.04 |
| Slovakia | 11 | 22 | 0.04 |
| Belgium | 10 | 46 | 0.03 |
| Turkey | 10 | 38 | 0.03 |
| Mexico | 8 | 16 | 0.03 |
| Greece | 6 | 13 | 0.02 |
| Czech Republic | 6 | 9 | 0.02 |
| Iceland | 6 | 7 | 0.02 |
| Romania | 5 | 10 | 0.02 |
| Portugal | 5 | 7 | 0.02 |
| Argentina | 3 | 24 | 0.01 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 13 | 0.01 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 5 | 0.01 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 0.01 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 48 | 0.01 |
| Iran | 2 | 9 | 0.01 |
| Poland | 2 | 6 | 0.01 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 4 | 0.01 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 2 | 0.01 |
| Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0.01 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 15 | 0.00 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 14 | 0.00 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 9 | 0.00 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 5 | 0.00 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Qatar | 1 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Samoa | 1 | 3 | 0.00 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Saint Helena | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| Malta | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |