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Eurozone Compared by Industry > Patent applications > Residents per million

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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Germany 585.69 2004
2 Finland 383.31 2004
3 Austria 240.46 2004
4 France 226.95 2004
5 Ireland 193.35 2004
6 Slovenia 163.74 2004
7 Italy 138.33 2000
8 Netherlands 134.32 2004
9 Spain 67.09 2004
10 Malta 55.56 2002
11 Belgium 50.02 2003
12 Latvia 46.26 2004
13 Greece 44.03 2004
14 Slovakia 39.76 2004
15 Luxembourg 35.43 2003
16 Estonia 20.01 2004
17 Portugal 11.52 2004
18 Cyprus 8.86 2004

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