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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 |
| 2000 |
0.261 |
#81 |
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| 1999 |
0.089 |
#80 |
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| 1998 |
0.184 |
#77 |
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| 1997 |
0.189 |
#75 |
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| 1996 |
0.194 |
#92 |
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| 1995 |
0.099 |
#90 |
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| 1994 |
0.1 |
#88 |
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| 1993 |
0.303 |
#86 |
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| 1992 |
0.204 |
#73 |
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| 1991 |
0.103 |
#72 |
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| 1989 |
0.11 |
#66 |
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| 1988 |
0.116 |
#61 |
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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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