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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 |
33.8 |
#34 |
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| 2003 |
35.536 |
#43 |
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| 2002 |
36.726 |
#41 |
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| 2001 |
35.777 |
#42 |
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| 2000 |
28.66 |
#45 |
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| 1999 |
34.357 |
#41 |
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| 1998 |
33.184 |
#43 |
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| 1997 |
47.401 |
#38 |
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| 1996 |
37.817 |
#42 |
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| 1995 |
43.81 |
#41 |
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| 1994 |
37.819 |
#43 |
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| 1993 |
48.631 |
#42 |
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| 1992 |
38.525 |
#32 |
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| 1991 |
48.888 |
#28 |
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| 1990 |
22.712 |
#29 |
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| 1989 |
7.097 |
#36 |
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| 1988 |
0.668 |
#56 |
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| 1987 |
0.334 |
#57 |
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| 1986 |
0.112 |
#61 |
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| 1985 |
0.224 |
#66 |
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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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