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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 |
| 2000 |
24.513 |
#53 |
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| 1999 |
20.59 |
#55 |
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| 1996 |
29.51 |
#53 |
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| 1994 |
7.723 |
#70 |
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| 1993 |
8.499 |
#70 |
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| 1992 |
8.557 |
#62 |
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| 1988 |
141.27 |
#21 |
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| 1985 |
138.727 |
#28 |
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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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