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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 | Russia | 27,712 | 2008 | ||
2 | Ukraine | 2,825 | 2008 | ||
3 | Belarus | 1,188 | 2006 | ||
4 | Moldova | 273 | 2008 | ||
5 | Uzbekistan | 262 | 2008 | ||
6 | Armenia | 226 | 2008 | ||
7 | Azerbaijan | 222 | 2008 | ||
8 | Georgia | 221 | 2008 | ||
9 | Kyrgyzstan | 135 | 2008 | ||
10 | Latvia | 114 | 2006 | ||
11 | Lithuania | 87 | 2008 | ||
12 | Estonia | 62 | 2008 | ||
13 | Turkmenistan | 44 | 1999 | ||
14 | Tajikistan | 26 | 2006 | ||
15 | Kazakhstan | 11 | 2008 |