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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 |
2,184.324 |
#2 |
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| 2003 |
1,887.449 |
#2 |
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| 2002 |
1,608.102 |
#2 |
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| 2001 |
1,556.674 |
#2 |
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| 2000 |
1,549.328 |
#2 |
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| 1999 |
1,200.635 |
#2 |
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| 1998 |
1,093.093 |
#2 |
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| 1996 |
1,502.581 |
#2 |
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| 1995 |
1,313.463 |
#2 |
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| 1994 |
642.341 |
#2 |
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| 1993 |
486.858 |
#2 |
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| 1992 |
365.321 |
#7 |
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| 1991 |
306.3 |
#9 |
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| 1990 |
211.855 |
#16 |
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| 1989 |
165.644 |
#18 |
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| 1988 |
135.7 |
#23 |
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| 1987 |
117.162 |
#24 |
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| 1986 |
88.384 |
#25 |
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| 1985 |
66.216 |
#27 |
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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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