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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 |
585.499 |
#8 |
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| 2003 |
542.22 |
#9 |
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| 2002 |
536.823 |
#9 |
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| 2001 |
530.958 |
#10 |
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| 2000 |
475.186 |
#11 |
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| 1999 |
427.114 |
#11 |
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| 1998 |
377.78 |
#10 |
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| 1997 |
371.463 |
#7 |
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| 1996 |
389.964 |
#6 |
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| 1995 |
391.245 |
#8 |
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| 1994 |
363.028 |
#6 |
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| 1993 |
324.105 |
#10 |
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| 1992 |
354.452 |
#9 |
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| 1991 |
332.673 |
#10 |
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| 1990 |
322.566 |
#13 |
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| 1989 |
309.283 |
#13 |
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| 1988 |
280.754 |
#12 |
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| 1987 |
262.175 |
#13 |
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| 1986 |
232.042 |
#12 |
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| 1985 |
216.716 |
#16 |
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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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