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Figures for patents applied for and granted in different jurisdictions can be obtained from the website of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (www.wipo.int), which collates the figures from intellectual property offices around the world.<\/p>

The table shows the number of patents granted by national offices and by the European Patent Office (EPO) as recorded by WIPO, for both resident and non-resident applicants.<\/p>

Many applicants choose to apply for patent protection in the UK and other European states via the EPO. However these are not recorded as grants for the individual countries in the table. According to the EPO around 75% of granted EPs take effect in the UK.<\/p>

The number of granted patents in any one jurisdiction is dependent on many factors including applicants\u2019 business models, local market structure, and the legal requirements of the jurisdiction, since patent law varies. It also reflects the capacity of patent offices to process applications.<\/p>

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2011<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2012<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2013<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Australia<\/p><\/td>

17877<\/p><\/td>

17724<\/p><\/td>

17112<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Austria<\/p><\/td>

1198<\/p><\/td>

1439<\/p><\/td>

1256<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Belgium<\/p><\/td>

541<\/p><\/td>

795<\/p><\/td>

745<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

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128<\/p><\/td>

101<\/p><\/td>

125<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Canada<\/p><\/td>

20762<\/p><\/td>

21819<\/p><\/td>

23833<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Chile<\/p><\/td>

1013<\/p><\/td>

770<\/p><\/td>

898<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Croatia<\/p><\/td>

184<\/p><\/td>

155<\/p><\/td>

159<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Cyprus<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Czech Republic<\/p><\/td>

687<\/p><\/td>

668<\/p><\/td>

611<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Denmark<\/p><\/td>

110<\/p><\/td>

190<\/p><\/td>

309<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Estonia<\/p><\/td>

129<\/p><\/td>

116<\/p><\/td>

78<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

European Patent Office<\/p><\/td>

62112<\/p><\/td>

65665<\/p><\/td>

66696<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Finland<\/p><\/td>

841<\/p><\/td>

836<\/p><\/td>

711<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

France<\/p><\/td>

10213<\/p><\/td>

12913<\/p><\/td>

11405<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Germany<\/p><\/td>

11719<\/p><\/td>

11332<\/p><\/td>

13858<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Greece<\/p><\/td>

364<\/p><\/td>

291<\/p><\/td>

282<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Hungary<\/p><\/td>

445<\/p><\/td>

477<\/p><\/td>

1351<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Iceland<\/p><\/td>

67<\/p><\/td>

47<\/p><\/td>

43<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Ireland<\/p><\/td>

250<\/p><\/td>

190<\/p><\/td>

214<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Israel<\/p><\/td>

5104<\/p><\/td>

3386<\/p><\/td>

1988<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Italy<\/p><\/td>

6380<\/p><\/td>

5625<\/p><\/td>

8114<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Japan<\/p><\/td>

238323<\/p><\/td>

274791<\/p><\/td>

277079<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Luxembourg<\/p><\/td>

65<\/p><\/td>

112<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Malta<\/p><\/td>

1<\/p><\/td>

11<\/p><\/td>

15<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mexico<\/p><\/td>

11485<\/p><\/td>

12358<\/p><\/td>

10368<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Netherlands<\/p><\/td>

2042<\/p><\/td>

1895<\/p><\/td>

2029<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

New Zealand<\/p><\/td>

4710<\/p><\/td>

6152<\/p><\/td>

4752<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Norway<\/p><\/td>

1612<\/p><\/td>

1310<\/p><\/td>

1430<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Poland<\/p><\/td>

3112<\/p><\/td>

2484<\/p><\/td>

2804<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Portugal<\/p><\/td>

145<\/p><\/td>

112<\/p><\/td>

130<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Republic of Korea<\/p><\/td>

94720<\/p><\/td>

113467<\/p><\/td>

127330<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Romania<\/p><\/td>

430<\/p><\/td>

384<\/p><\/td>

451<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Singapore<\/p><\/td>

5949<\/p><\/td>

5633<\/p><\/td>

5575<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Slovakia<\/p><\/td>

317<\/p><\/td>

161<\/p><\/td>

115<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Slovenia<\/p><\/td>

318<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Spain<\/p><\/td>

2812<\/p><\/td>

2720<\/p><\/td>

3004<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Sweden<\/p><\/td>

1039<\/p><\/td>

999<\/p><\/td>

685<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Switzerland<\/p><\/td>

368<\/p><\/td>

455<\/p><\/td>

534<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Turkey<\/p><\/td>

893<\/p><\/td>

1004<\/p><\/td>

1211<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

United Kingdom<\/p><\/td>

7173<\/p><\/td>

6864<\/p><\/td>

5235<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

United States of America<\/p><\/td>

224505<\/p><\/td>

253155<\/p><\/td>

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Source: WIPO statistics database. Last updated: March 2015<\/p>
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Cabinet Office and other government departments currently fund the Digital Inclusion team which works across government and with the private, public and voluntary sectors to ensure that everyone in the UK has the basic digital skills needed to benefit from being online.<\/p>

The Digital Inclusion Strategy launched in 2014 outlined that by 2016 we will have reduced the number of people who are offline by25% and by 2020 everyone who can be online should be online.<\/p>

To date 85 organisations have signed up to the Digital Inclusion Charter and collaborate with government to deliver the Digital Inclusion Strategy. The Digital Inclusion team has worked with these stakeholders to develop products such as the cross-sector Digital Inclusion Outcomes Framework and initiatives like Digital Friends which promotes informal sharing of basic digital skills.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4070", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Hancock"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Suffolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Matthew Hancock"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-10-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-10-28T10:42:01.237Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-10-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office: Digital Technology"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) funding his Department is undertaking and (b) projects his Department has planned as part of the Government's Digital Inclusion Strategy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4124", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chi Onwurah"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Chi Onwurah"} ], "uin" : "13244"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 2, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }