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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 | China | 415,829 | 2011 | ||
2 | Japan | 287,580 | 2011 | ||
3 | France | 14,655 | 2011 | ||
4 | Canada | 4,754 | 2011 | ||
5 | Turkey | 3,885 | 2011 | ||
6 | Netherlands | 2,585 | 2011 | ||
7 | Australia | 2,383 | 2011 | ||
8 | Austria | 2,154 | 2011 | ||
9 | Sweden | 2,004 | 2011 | ||
10 | Czech Republic | 783 | 2011 | ||
11 | Vietnam | 300 | 2011 | ||
12 | Azerbaijan | 193 | 2011 | ||
13 | Hong Kong | 181 | 2011 |