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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 |
46.264 |
#30 |
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| 2003 |
39.134 |
#39 |
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| 2002 |
64.157 |
#30 |
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| 2001 |
49.597 |
#37 |
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| 2000 |
40.894 |
#38 |
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| 1999 |
38.075 |
#39 |
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| 1998 |
80.913 |
#26 |
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| 1997 |
66.122 |
#31 |
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| 1996 |
79.085 |
#24 |
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| 1995 |
83.499 |
#23 |
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| 1994 |
70.251 |
#32 |
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| 1993 |
107.889 |
#30 |
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| 1992 |
95.365 |
#25 |
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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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