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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 | Mexico | 12,990 | 2011 | ||
2 | Argentina | 4,781 | 2008 | ||
3 | Philippines | 3,010 | 2011 | ||
4 | Chile | 2,453 | 2011 | ||
5 | Colombia | 1,770 | 2011 | ||
6 | Venezuela | 1,565 | 2011 | ||
7 | Peru | 1,129 | 2011 | ||
8 | Ecuador | 690 | 2010 | ||
9 | Uruguay | 667 | 2011 | ||
10 | Costa Rica | 630 | 2011 | ||
11 | Panama | 420 | 2011 | ||
12 | Paraguay | 347 | 2010 | ||
13 | Guatemala | 327 | 2011 | ||
14 | Honduras | 253 | 2011 | ||
15 | Cuba | 184 | 2011 | ||
16 | Dominican Republic | 135 | 1986 | ||
17 | Nicaragua | 129 | 2000 | ||
18 | Bolivia | 106 | 1995 | ||
19 | El Salvador | 64 | 1995 |