Former Spanish colonies Compared by Economy > Innovation > Patent applications, nonresidents per million
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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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Uruguay | 197.13 | 2011 | ||
2 | Chile | 141.72 | 2011 | ||
3 | Costa Rica | 132.98 | 2011 | ||
4 | Argentina | 120.5 | 2008 | ||
5 | Panama | 112.29 | 2011 | ||
6 | Mexico | 108.83 | 2011 | ||
7 | Paraguay | 53.72 | 2010 | ||
8 | Venezuela | 53.05 | 2011 | ||
9 | Ecuador | 46 | 2010 | ||
10 | Peru | 38.12 | 2011 | ||
11 | Colombia | 37.6 | 2011 | ||
12 | Honduras | 32.53 | 2011 | ||
13 | Philippines | 31.67 | 2011 | ||
14 | Nicaragua | 25.29 | 2000 | ||
15 | Guatemala | 22.23 | 2011 | ||
16 | Dominican Republic | 20.25 | 1986 | ||
17 | Cuba | 16.32 | 2011 | ||
18 | Bolivia | 13.88 | 1995 | ||
19 | El Salvador | 11.13 | 1995 |