In the fiscal year of 2021, there were about 198,730 patents issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to foreign residents. This is a decrease from the previous fiscal year, when 210,695 patents were granted to foreign residents.
Number of patents issued to foreign residents in the United States from FY 2016 to FY 2021
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