High income OECD countries 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 | New Zealand | 1,068.74 | 2011 | ||
2 | Australia | 1,036.69 | 2011 | ||
3 | Canada | 880.32 | 2011 | ||
4 | South Korea | 821.43 | 2011 | ||
5 | United States | 821.06 | 2011 | ||
6 | Israel | 711.57 | 2011 | ||
7 | Japan | 430.54 | 2011 | ||
8 | Germany | 152.3 | 2011 | ||
9 | Chile | 141.72 | 2011 | ||
10 | Norway | 132.04 | 2011 | ||
11 | United Kingdom | 110.21 | 2011 | ||
12 | Luxembourg | 82.96 | 2011 | ||
13 | Iceland | 65.83 | 2011 | ||
14 | Switzerland | 56.37 | 2011 | ||
15 | Sweden | 35.66 | 2011 | ||
16 | Denmark | 35.36 | 2011 | ||
17 | Austria | 32.76 | 2011 | ||
18 | France | 32.11 | 2011 | ||
19 | Finland | 23.01 | 2011 | ||
20 | Netherlands | 18.57 | 2011 | ||
21 | Italy | 15.27 | 2011 | ||
22 | Ireland | 14.64 | 2011 | ||
23 | Belgium | 11.5 | 2011 | ||
24 | Estonia | 11.19 | 2011 | ||
25 | Czech Republic | 9.24 | 2011 | ||
26 | Portugal | 7.1 | 2011 | ||
27 | Poland | 6.33 | 2011 | ||
28 | Slovakia | 6.11 | 2011 | ||
29 | Slovenia | 5.37 | 2010 | ||
30 | Spain | 4.24 | 2011 | ||
31 | Greece | 1.41 | 2010 |