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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 |
425.791 |
#5 |
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| 2003 |
415.69 |
#6 |
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| 2002 |
418.054 |
#6 |
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| 2001 |
429.558 |
#7 |
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| 2000 |
430.637 |
#7 |
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| 1999 |
418.102 |
#7 |
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| 1998 |
413.874 |
#7 |
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| 1997 |
418.75 |
#6 |
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| 1996 |
442.794 |
#5 |
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| 1995 |
453.575 |
#5 |
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| 1994 |
465.472 |
#3 |
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| 1993 |
439.237 |
#3 |
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| 1992 |
434.181 |
#3 |
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| 1991 |
434.679 |
#2 |
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| 1990 |
360.736 |
#7 |
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| 1989 |
359.811 |
#6 |
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| 1988 |
370.429 |
#6 |
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| 1987 |
400.334 |
#5 |
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| 1986 |
360.71 |
#5 |
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| 1985 |
415.598 |
#4 |
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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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