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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 |
20.084 |
#37 |
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| 2002 |
24.502 |
#45 |
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| 2001 |
19.533 |
#46 |
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| 2000 |
18.86 |
#47 |
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| 1999 |
24.356 |
#47 |
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| 1998 |
37.693 |
#42 |
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| 1997 |
34.916 |
#41 |
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| 1996 |
27.739 |
#45 |
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| 1995 |
29.185 |
#44 |
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| 1994 |
30.618 |
#44 |
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| 1993 |
112.137 |
#27 |
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| 1992 |
36.216 |
#33 |
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| 1991 |
7.829 |
#36 |
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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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