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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 |
163.746 |
#15 |
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| 2003 |
143.809 |
#20 |
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| 2002 |
132.397 |
#19 |
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| 2001 |
132.53 |
#19 |
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| 2000 |
127.702 |
#23 |
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| 1999 |
109.292 |
#23 |
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| 1998 |
145.264 |
#20 |
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| 1997 |
134.948 |
#18 |
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| 1996 |
143.646 |
#19 |
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| 1995 |
157.286 |
#17 |
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| 1994 |
144.804 |
#17 |
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| 1993 |
140.329 |
#22 |
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| 1992 |
94.16 |
#26 |
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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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