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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 |
62.359 |
#25 |
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| 2003 |
59.378 |
#31 |
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| 2002 |
60.499 |
#31 |
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| 2001 |
57.567 |
#31 |
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| 2000 |
62.517 |
#30 |
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| 1999 |
59.108 |
#31 |
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| 1998 |
62.251 |
#31 |
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| 1997 |
62.07 |
#32 |
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| 1996 |
62.432 |
#31 |
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| 1995 |
67.25 |
#28 |
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| 1994 |
69.428 |
#33 |
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| 1993 |
69.139 |
#36 |
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| 1992 |
75.356 |
#27 |
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| 1991 |
88.614 |
#23 |
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| 1990 |
107.716 |
#22 |
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| 1989 |
139.452 |
#23 |
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| 1988 |
165.866 |
#19 |
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| 1987 |
150.86 |
#21 |
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| 1986 |
146.465 |
#21 |
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| 1985 |
137.731 |
#19 |
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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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