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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 |
18.452 |
#39 |
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| 2003 |
15.728 |
#49 |
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| 2002 |
16.502 |
#49 |
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| 2001 |
11.004 |
#52 |
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| 2000 |
7.652 |
#58 |
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| 1999 |
6.357 |
#58 |
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| 1998 |
19.561 |
#49 |
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| 1997 |
4.007 |
#59 |
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| 1996 |
6.371 |
#62 |
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| 1995 |
3.736 |
#65 |
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| 1994 |
3.479 |
#69 |
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| 1993 |
1.525 |
#76 |
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| 1992 |
1.896 |
#61 |
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| 1991 |
2.782 |
#49 |
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| 1990 |
3.681 |
#43 |
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| 1989 |
2.638 |
#48 |
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| 1988 |
2.132 |
#50 |
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| 1987 |
2.325 |
#46 |
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| 1986 |
1.81 |
#51 |
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| 1985 |
2.932 |
#46 |
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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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