Cold countries Compared by Economy > Innovation > Patent applications, nonresidents per million

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
1	CanadaCanada	880.32	2011
2	United StatesUnited States	821.06	2011
3	GermanyGermany	152.3	2011
4	ChileChile	141.72	2011
5	NorwayNorway	132.04	2011
6	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	110.21	2011
7	RussiaRussia	104.36	2011
8	LuxembourgLuxembourg	82.96	2011
9	ChinaChina	82.27	2011
10	IcelandIceland	65.83	2011
11	GeorgiaGeorgia	57.99	2011
12	UkraineUkraine	56.97	2011
13	SwitzerlandSwitzerland	56.37	2011
14	SwedenSweden	35.66	2011
15	DenmarkDenmark	35.36	2011
16	AustriaAustria	32.76	2011
17	MongoliaMongolia	25.44	2010
18	FinlandFinland	23.01	2011
19	KazakhstanKazakhstan	19.14	2011
20	BelarusBelarus	15.41	2011
21	IrelandIreland	14.64	2011
22	BelgiumBelgium	11.5	2011
23	EstoniaEstonia	11.19	2011
24	Czech RepublicCzech Republic	9.24	2011
25	ArmeniaArmenia	6.41	2011
26	PolandPoland	6.33	2011
27	SlovakiaSlovakia	6.11	2011
28	SloveniaSlovenia	5.37	2010
29	LithuaniaLithuania	4.95	2011
30	LatviaLatvia	4.86	2011
31	HungaryHungary	3.61	2011
32	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina	3.13	2011
33	RomaniaRomania	1.82	2011
34	North KoreaNorth Korea	1.59	2010
35	Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia Rep.	1.43	2011
36	KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan	1.1	2010
37	NepalNepal	0.243	1995
38	TajikistanTajikistan	0.128	2011

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