High income OECD countries Compared by Economy > Innovation > Patent applications, residents
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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 | Japan | 287,580 | 2011 | ||
2 | United States | 247,750 | 2011 | ||
3 | South Korea | 138,034 | 2011 | ||
4 | Germany | 46,986 | 2011 | ||
5 | United Kingdom | 15,343 | 2011 | ||
6 | France | 14,655 | 2011 | ||
7 | Italy | 8,794 | 2011 | ||
8 | Canada | 4,754 | 2011 | ||
9 | Poland | 3,879 | 2011 | ||
10 | Spain | 3,430 | 2011 | ||
11 | Netherlands | 2,585 | 2011 | ||
12 | Australia | 2,383 | 2011 | ||
13 | Austria | 2,154 | 2011 | ||
14 | Sweden | 2,004 | 2011 | ||
15 | Finland | 1,650 | 2011 | ||
16 | Switzerland | 1,597 | 2011 | ||
17 | Denmark | 1,574 | 2011 | ||
18 | New Zealand | 1,501 | 2011 | ||
19 | Israel | 1,360 | 2011 | ||
20 | Norway | 1,122 | 2011 | ||
21 | Czech Republic | 783 | 2011 | ||
22 | Greece | 728 | 2010 | ||
23 | Belgium | 636 | 2011 | ||
24 | Portugal | 571 | 2011 | ||
25 | Ireland | 494 | 2011 | ||
26 | Slovenia | 442 | 2010 | ||
27 | Chile | 339 | 2011 | ||
28 | Slovakia | 224 | 2011 | ||
29 | Luxembourg | 85 | 2011 | ||
30 | Estonia | 62 | 2011 | ||
31 | Iceland | 50 | 2011 |