Eurozone Compared by Economy > Innovation > Patent applications, nonresidents per million
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DEFINITION:
Patent applications, nonresidents. 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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Germany | 152.3 | 2011 | ||
2 | Luxembourg | 82.96 | 2011 | ||
3 | Austria | 32.76 | 2011 | ||
4 | France | 32.11 | 2011 | ||
5 | Finland | 23.01 | 2011 | ||
6 | Netherlands | 18.57 | 2011 | ||
7 | Italy | 15.27 | 2011 | ||
8 | Ireland | 14.64 | 2011 | ||
9 | Malta | 14.4 | 2011 | ||
10 | Belgium | 11.5 | 2011 | ||
11 | Estonia | 11.19 | 2011 | ||
12 | Cyprus | 7.17 | 2011 | ||
13 | Portugal | 7.1 | 2011 | ||
14 | Slovakia | 6.11 | 2011 | ||
15 | Slovenia | 5.37 | 2010 | ||
16 | Latvia | 4.86 | 2011 | ||
17 | Spain | 4.24 | 2011 | ||
18 | Greece | 1.41 | 2010 |