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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 | France | 2,099 | 2011 | ||
3 | Italy | 927 | 2011 | ||
4 | Netherlands | 310 | 2011 | ||
5 | Austria | 276 | 2011 | ||
6 | Spain | 196 | 2011 | ||
7 | Belgium | 127 | 2011 | ||
8 | Finland | 124 | 2011 | ||
9 | Portugal | 75 | 2011 | ||
10 | Ireland | 67 | 2011 | ||
11 | Luxembourg | 43 | 2011 | ||
12 | Slovakia | 33 | 2011 | ||
13 | Greece | 16 | 2010 | ||
14 | Estonia | 15 | 2011 | ||
15 | Slovenia | 11 | 2010 | ||
16 | Latvia | 10 | 2011 | ||
17 | Cyprus | 8 | 2011 | ||
18 | Malta | 6 | 2011 |