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Patent applications, residents. Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | China | 415,829 | 2011 | ||
2 | United States | 247,750 | 2011 | ||
3 | Germany | 46,986 | 2011 | ||
4 | Russia | 26,495 | 2011 | ||
5 | United Kingdom | 15,343 | 2011 | ||
6 | North Korea | 8,018 | 2010 | ||
7 | Canada | 4,754 | 2011 | ||
8 | Poland | 3,879 | 2011 | ||
9 | Ukraine | 2,649 | 2011 | ||
10 | Austria | 2,154 | 2011 | ||
11 | Sweden | 2,004 | 2011 | ||
12 | Belarus | 1,725 | 2011 | ||
13 | Finland | 1,650 | 2011 | ||
14 | Switzerland | 1,597 | 2011 | ||
15 | Denmark | 1,574 | 2011 | ||
16 | Romania | 1,424 | 2011 | ||
17 | Kazakhstan | 1,415 | 2011 | ||
18 | Norway | 1,122 | 2011 | ||
19 | Czech Republic | 783 | 2011 | ||
20 | Hungary | 662 | 2011 | ||
21 | Belgium | 636 | 2011 | ||
22 | Ireland | 494 | 2011 | ||
23 | Slovenia | 442 | 2010 | ||
24 | Chile | 339 | 2011 | ||
25 | Slovakia | 224 | 2011 | ||
26 | Latvia | 173 | 2011 | ||
27 | Georgia | 138 | 2011 | ||
28 | Kyrgyzstan | 134 | 2010 | ||
29 | Armenia | 121 | 2011 | ||
30 | Mongolia | 110 | 2010 | ||
31 | Lithuania | 93 | 2011 | ||
32 | Luxembourg | 85 | 2011 | ||
33 | Estonia | 62 | 2011 | ||
34 | Iceland | 50 | 2011 | ||
35 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43 | 2011 | ||
36 | Republic of Macedonia | 37 | 2011 | ||
37 | Tajikistan | 4 | 2011 | ||
38 | Nepal | 3 | 1995 |