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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.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Germany | 46,986 | 2011 | ||
2 | United Kingdom | 15,343 | 2011 | ||
3 | France | 14,655 | 2011 | ||
4 | Italy | 8,794 | 2011 | ||
5 | Poland | 3,879 | 2011 | ||
6 | Spain | 3,430 | 2011 | ||
7 | Netherlands | 2,585 | 2011 | ||
8 | Austria | 2,154 | 2011 | ||
9 | Sweden | 2,004 | 2011 | ||
10 | Finland | 1,650 | 2011 | ||
11 | Denmark | 1,574 | 2011 | ||
12 | Romania | 1,424 | 2011 | ||
13 | Czech Republic | 783 | 2011 | ||
14 | Greece | 728 | 2010 | ||
15 | Hungary | 662 | 2011 | ||
16 | Belgium | 636 | 2011 | ||
17 | Portugal | 571 | 2011 | ||
18 | Ireland | 494 | 2011 | ||
19 | Slovenia | 442 | 2010 | ||
20 | Bulgaria | 262 | 2011 | ||
21 | Croatia | 230 | 2011 | ||
22 | Slovakia | 224 | 2011 | ||
23 | Latvia | 173 | 2011 | ||
24 | Lithuania | 93 | 2011 | ||
25 | Luxembourg | 85 | 2011 | ||
26 | Estonia | 62 | 2011 | ||
27 | Malta | 9 | 2011 | ||
28 | Cyprus | 4 | 2010 |