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DEFINITION:
Patent applications, nonresidents. Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or 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.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Germany | 12,458 | 2011 | ||
2 | United Kingdom | 6,916 | 2011 | ||
3 | France | 2,099 | 2011 | ||
4 | Italy | 927 | 2011 | ||
5 | Sweden | 337 | 2011 | ||
6 | Netherlands | 310 | 2011 | ||
7 | Austria | 276 | 2011 | ||
8 | Poland | 244 | 2011 | ||
9 | Denmark | 197 | 2011 | ||
10 | Spain | 196 | 2011 | ||
11 | Belgium | 127 | 2011 | ||
12 | Finland | 124 | 2011 | ||
13 | Czech Republic | 97 | 2011 | ||
14 | Portugal | 75 | 2011 | ||
15 | Ireland | 67 | 2011 | ||
16 | Luxembourg | 43 | 2011 | ||
17 | Romania | 39 | 2011 | ||
18 | Hungary | 36 | 2011 | ||
19 | Slovakia | 33 | 2011 | ||
=20 | Croatia | 21 | 2011 | ||
=20 | Bulgaria | 21 | 2011 | ||
22 | Greece | 16 | 2010 | ||
=23 | Lithuania | 15 | 2011 | ||
=23 | Estonia | 15 | 2011 | ||
25 | Slovenia | 11 | 2010 | ||
26 | Latvia | 10 | 2011 | ||
27 | Cyprus | 8 | 2011 | ||
28 | Malta | 6 | 2011 |