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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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
| Date |
Amount |
Rank |
| 2004 |
1.983 |
#59 |
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| 2003 |
1.976 |
#60 |
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| 2002 |
2.295 |
#62 |
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| 2001 |
4.894 |
#63 |
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| 2000 |
2.596 |
#71 |
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| 1999 |
5.161 |
#66 |
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| 1998 |
2.565 |
#64 |
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| 1997 |
38.497 |
#43 |
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| 1996 |
48.458 |
#37 |
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| 1993 |
8.897 |
#67 |
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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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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