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

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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	United StatesUnited States	795.12	2011
2	GermanyGermany	574.42	2011
3	North KoreaNorth Korea	327.26	2010
4	ChinaChina	309.37	2011
5	FinlandFinland	306.22	2011
6	DenmarkDenmark	282.56	2011
7	AustriaAustria	255.71	2011
8	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	244.5	2011
9	NorwayNorway	226.53	2011
10	SloveniaSlovenia	215.76	2010
11	SwedenSweden	212.08	2011
12	SwitzerlandSwitzerland	201.84	2011
13	RussiaRussia	185.33	2011
14	BelarusBelarus	182.1	2011
15	LuxembourgLuxembourg	163.98	2011
16	IcelandIceland	156.73	2011
17	CanadaCanada	137.86	2011
18	IrelandIreland	107.94	2011
19	PolandPoland	100.66	2011
20	KazakhstanKazakhstan	85.45	2011
21	LatviaLatvia	84.05	2011
22	Czech RepublicCzech Republic	74.6	2011
23	RomaniaRomania	66.59	2011
24	HungaryHungary	66.39	2011
25	UkraineUkraine	57.96	2011
26	BelgiumBelgium	57.57	2011
27	EstoniaEstonia	46.27	2011
28	SlovakiaSlovakia	41.49	2011
29	ArmeniaArmenia	40.82	2011
30	MongoliaMongolia	40.55	2010
31	GeorgiaGeorgia	30.78	2011
32	LithuaniaLithuania	30.69	2011
33	KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan	24.6	2010
34	ChileChile	19.59	2011
35	Republic of MacedoniaMacedonia Rep.	17.59	2011
36	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina	11.2	2011
37	TajikistanTajikistan	0.512	2011
38	NepalNepal	0.146	1995

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