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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 | Mexico | 1,065 | 2011 | ||
2 | Argentina | 801 | 2008 | ||
3 | Chile | 339 | 2011 | ||
4 | Philippines | 186 | 2011 | ||
5 | Colombia | 183 | 2011 | ||
6 | Cuba | 62 | 2011 | ||
7 | Peru | 39 | 2011 | ||
8 | Venezuela | 33 | 2011 | ||
9 | Panama | 21 | 2011 | ||
10 | Uruguay | 20 | 2011 | ||
11 | Paraguay | 18 | 2010 | ||
12 | Bolivia | 17 | 1995 | ||
=13 | Costa Rica | 14 | 2011 | ||
=13 | Nicaragua | 14 | 2000 | ||
=13 | Dominican Republic | 14 | 1986 | ||
=16 | Guatemala | 4 | 2011 | ||
=16 | Ecuador | 4 | 2010 | ||
18 | El Salvador | 3 | 1995 | ||
19 | Honduras | 2 | 2011 |