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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 |
7.392 |
#54 |
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| 2002 |
11.271 |
#53 |
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| 2001 |
13.458 |
#56 |
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| 2000 |
16.066 |
#60 |
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| 1999 |
17.359 |
#58 |
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| 1998 |
17.584 |
#51 |
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| 1996 |
11.318 |
#69 |
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| 1995 |
11.319 |
#63 |
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| 1994 |
8.785 |
#69 |
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| 1993 |
8.525 |
#69 |
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| 1992 |
8.927 |
#61 |
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| 1991 |
8.431 |
#53 |
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| 1990 |
9.179 |
#53 |
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| 1989 |
8.477 |
#53 |
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| 1988 |
8.895 |
#52 |
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| 1987 |
11.448 |
#46 |
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| 1986 |
13.122 |
#49 |
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| 1985 |
13.525 |
#56 |
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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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