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Eurozone Compared by Economy > Patent applications > Residents

DEFINITION: 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
1 Germany 49,240 2008
2 France 14,743 2008
3 Italy 9,255 2007
4 Spain 3,632 2008
5 Netherlands 2,421 2008
6 Austria 2,298 2008
7 Finland 1,799 2008
8 Ireland 931 2008
9 Greece 803 2008
10 Belgium 575 2008
11 Portugal 381 2008
12 Slovenia 301 2008
13 Slovakia 167 2008
14 Latvia 114 2006
15 Estonia 62 2008
16 Luxembourg 48 2008
17 Malta 14 2008
18 Cyprus 11 2008

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