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DEFINITION:
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.".
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Germany | 49,240 | 2008 | ||
2 | United Kingdom | 16,523 | 2008 | ||
3 | France | 14,743 | 2008 | ||
4 | Italy | 9,255 | 2007 | ||
5 | Spain | 3,632 | 2008 | ||
6 | Sweden | 2,527 | 2007 | ||
7 | Poland | 2,488 | 2008 | ||
8 | Netherlands | 2,421 | 2008 | ||
9 | Austria | 2,298 | 2008 | ||
10 | Finland | 1,799 | 2008 | ||
11 | Denmark | 1,634 | 2008 | ||
12 | Romania | 995 | 2008 | ||
13 | Ireland | 931 | 2008 | ||
14 | Greece | 803 | 2008 | ||
15 | Czech Republic | 712 | 2008 | ||
16 | Hungary | 683 | 2008 | ||
17 | Belgium | 575 | 2008 | ||
18 | Portugal | 381 | 2008 | ||
19 | Croatia | 330 | 2008 | ||
20 | Slovenia | 301 | 2008 | ||
21 | Bulgaria | 249 | 2008 | ||
22 | Slovakia | 167 | 2008 | ||
23 | Latvia | 114 | 2006 | ||
24 | Lithuania | 87 | 2008 | ||
25 | Estonia | 62 | 2008 | ||
26 | Luxembourg | 48 | 2008 | ||
27 | Malta | 14 | 2008 | ||
28 | Cyprus | 11 | 2008 |