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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 |
| 2003 |
113.757 |
#23 |
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| 2001 |
108.155 |
#24 |
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| 2000 |
93.996 |
#26 |
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| 1999 |
90.565 |
#27 |
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| 1998 |
82.541 |
#25 |
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| 1997 |
76.368 |
#25 |
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| 1996 |
65.606 |
#30 |
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| 1995 |
65.189 |
#29 |
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| 1994 |
86.548 |
#25 |
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| 1993 |
197.362 |
#17 |
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| 1992 |
26.34 |
#35 |
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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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