Former Soviet republics Compared by Industry > Patent applications > Nonresidents
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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.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Russia | 7,246 | 2004 | ||
2 | Ukraine | 1,692 | 2004 | ||
3 | Belarus | 382 | 2004 | ||
4 | Georgia | 210 | 2004 | ||
5 | Uzbekistan | 205 | 2004 | ||
6 | Kazakhstan | 102 | 2003 | ||
7 | Estonia | 97 | 2004 | ||
8 | Lithuania | 45 | 2004 | ||
9 | Latvia | 44 | 2004 | ||
10 | Azerbaijan | 17 | 1996 | ||
11 | Moldova | 9 | 2004 | ||
12 | Armenia | 6 | 2004 | ||
13 | Turkmenistan | 5 | 1999 | ||
14 | Tajikistan | 2 | 2004 | ||
15 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 2003 |