Non-religious countries Compared by Industry > Patent applications > Nonresidents
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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.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | China | 64,798 | 2004 | ||
2 | Japan | 60,739 | 2004 | ||
3 | Canada | 33,298 | 2003 | ||
4 | Australia | 21,651 | 2004 | ||
5 | Hong Kong | 9,878 | 2004 | ||
6 | France | 3,060 | 2004 | ||
7 | Vietnam | 1,210 | 2000 | ||
8 | Czech Republic | 633 | 2004 | ||
9 | Netherlands | 556 | 2004 | ||
10 | Austria | 549 | 2004 | ||
11 | Sweden | 478 | 2004 | ||
12 | Turkey | 383 | 2003 | ||
13 | Azerbaijan | 17 | 1996 |