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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 210,062 | 2006 | ||
| 2 | China | 80,155 | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Japan | 72,661 | 2006 | ||
| 4 | Canada | 37,927 | 2006 | ||
| 5 | European Union | 32,555 | 2004 | ||
| 6 | Brazil | 20,487 | 2006 | ||
| 7 | Mexico | 14,976 | 2006 | ||
| 8 | Germany | 13,372 | 2006 | ||
| 9 | Russia | 9,858 | 2006 | ||
| 10 | Singapore | 8,759 | 2006 | ||
| 11 | United Kingdom | 8,582 | 2006 | ||
| 12 | Israel | 7,263 | 2006 | ||
| 13 | New Zealand | 5,248 | 2006 | ||
| 14 | Norway | 4,843 | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Indonesia | 4,069 | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Philippines | 2,539 | 2004 | ||
| 17 | Ukraine | 2,418 | 2006 | ||
| 18 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1,282 | 2002 | ||
| 19 | Vietnam | 1,210 | 2000 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 974.42 | 1997 | |||
| 20 | Austria | 745 | 2006 | ||
| 21 | Poland | 655 | 2006 | ||
| 22 | Netherlands | 633 | 1996 | ||
| 23 | Algeria | 608 | 2006 | ||
| 24 | Ecuador | 580 | 2005 | ||
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 551 | 2006 | ||
| 26 | Morocco | 521 | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Sweden | 420 | 2006 | ||
| 28 | Turkey | 383 | 2003 | ||
| 29 | Belarus | 382 | 2004 | ||
| 30 | Switzerland | 375 | 2006 | ||
| 31 | Iceland | 330 | 2006 | ||
| 32 | Spain | 329 | 2006 | ||
| 33 | Georgia | 299 | 2006 | ||
| 34 | Hungary | 209 | 2006 | ||
| 35 | Finland | 205 | 2006 | ||
| 36 | Czech Republic | 195 | 2006 | ||
| =37 | Denmark | 191 | 2006 | ||
| =37 | Cuba | 191 | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 186 | 2006 | ||
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 180 | 1996 | ||
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 162 | 2006 | ||
| 42 | Croatia | 122 | 2006 | ||
| 43 | Mongolia | 110 | 2006 | ||
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 102 | 2003 | ||
| 45 | Slovakia | 90 | 2006 | ||
| 46 | Luxembourg | 64 | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Romania | 62 | 2006 | ||
| 48 | Bulgaria | 48 | 2006 | ||
| 49 | Slovenia | 42 | 2004 | ||
| 50 | Madagascar | 40 | 2006 | ||
| 51 | Latvia | 38 | 2006 | ||
| 52 | Portugal | 36 | 2006 | ||
| 53 | Lithuania | 35 | 2006 | ||
| 54 | Kenya | 30 | 1999 | ||
| 55 | Malawi | 17 | 2000 | ||
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 16 | 1998 | ||
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 14 | 2001 | ||
| =58 | Moldova | 9 | 2006 | ||
| =58 | Estonia | 9 | 2006 | ||
| =60 | Armenia | 2 | 2005 | ||
| =60 | Tajikistan | 2 | 2004 |
