Former Spanish colonies Compared by Economy > Innovation > Patent applications, residents per million
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DEFINITION:
Patent applications, residents. 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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Argentina | 20.19 | 2008 | ||
2 | Chile | 19.59 | 2011 | ||
3 | Mexico | 8.92 | 2011 | ||
4 | Uruguay | 5.91 | 2011 | ||
5 | Panama | 5.61 | 2011 | ||
6 | Cuba | 5.5 | 2011 | ||
7 | Colombia | 3.89 | 2011 | ||
8 | Costa Rica | 2.96 | 2011 | ||
9 | Paraguay | 2.79 | 2010 | ||
10 | Nicaragua | 2.74 | 2000 | ||
11 | Bolivia | 2.23 | 1995 | ||
12 | Dominican Republic | 2.1 | 1986 | ||
13 | Philippines | 1.96 | 2011 | ||
14 | Peru | 1.32 | 2011 | ||
15 | Venezuela | 1.12 | 2011 | ||
16 | El Salvador | 0.522 | 1995 | ||
17 | Guatemala | 0.272 | 2011 | ||
18 | Ecuador | 0.267 | 2010 | ||
19 | Honduras | 0.257 | 2011 |