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Eurozone Compared by Industry > Patent applications > Nonresidents per million

DEFINITION: Patent applications are applications filed 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
1 Malta 1,173.78 2004
2 Germany 132.16 2004
3 Cyprus 83.68 2004
4 Estonia 71.89 2004
5 Austria 67.18 2004
6 France 48.8 2004
7 Slovakia 44.4 2004
8 Finland 41.31 2004
9 Netherlands 34.15 2004
10 Italy 24.52 2000
11 Slovenia 21.03 2004
12 Latvia 19.02 2004
13 Belgium 18.12 2003
14 Luxembourg 17.71 2003
15 Ireland 14.25 2004
16 Spain 7.5 2004
17 Portugal 6.28 2004
18 Greece 2.44 2004

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