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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.".
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Argentina | 899 | 1999 | ||
2 | Mexico | 685 | 2008 | ||
3 | Chile | 291 | 2006 | ||
4 | Philippines | 216 | 2008 | ||
5 | Colombia | 121 | 2007 | ||
6 | Cuba | 69 | 2008 | ||
7 | Venezuela | 56 | 2000 | ||
8 | Uruguay | 33 | 2008 | ||
9 | Peru | 31 | 2008 | ||
10 | Paraguay | 30 | 1993 | ||
11 | Costa Rica | 29 | 1993 | ||
12 | Bolivia | 17 | 1995 | ||
=13 | Nicaragua | 14 | 2000 | ||
=13 | Dominican Republic | 14 | 1986 | ||
15 | Ecuador | 11 | 2005 | ||
=16 | Honduras | 7 | 2002 | ||
=16 | Panama | 7 | 2000 | ||
18 | Guatemala | 5 | 2008 | ||
19 | El Salvador | 3 | 1995 |