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High income OECD countries Compared by Economy > Innovation > Patent applications, residents

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
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

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