Japan and Korea Lead Patent Intensity Rankings

According to WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity (2006 Edition), Japan and the Republic of Korea have the highest rate of resident patent applications per head of population at 2,884 and 2,189 patents per million inhabitants:

The Republic of Korea and Japan also have very high rates of resident patent applications per GDP:

Republic of Korea and Japan also have very high rates of patent applications per research and development expenditure:

The following chart shows the relative intensity of resident vs non-resident patent filings in each patent office. Resident patenting intensity is represented by resident patent filings per GDP and non-resident patenting intensity is measured by the ratio of non-resident to resident patent filings in each office.