Europe 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	Germany	152.3	2011
2	Montenegro	133.73	2011
3	Norway	132.04	2011
4	United Kingdom	110.21	2011
5	Russia	104.36	2011
6	Luxembourg	82.96	2011
7	Monaco	80.51	2011
8	Iceland	65.83	2011
9	Georgia	57.99	2011
10	Ukraine	56.97	2011
11	Switzerland	56.37	2011
12	Sweden	35.66	2011
13	Denmark	35.36	2011
14	Austria	32.76	2011
15	France	32.11	2011
16	Finland	23.01	2011
17	Netherlands	18.57	2011
18	Belarus	15.41	2011
19	Italy	15.27	2011
20	Ireland	14.64	2011
21	Malta	14.4	2011
22	Belgium	11.5	2011
23	Estonia	11.19	2011
24	Czech Republic	9.24	2011
25	Cyprus	7.17	2011
26	Portugal	7.1	2011
27	Serbia	6.75	2011
28	Armenia	6.41	2011
29	Poland	6.33	2011
30	Slovakia	6.11	2011
31	Slovenia	5.37	2010
32	Lithuania	4.95	2011
33	Croatia	4.91	2011
34	Latvia	4.86	2011
35	Spain	4.24	2011
36	Hungary	3.61	2011
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.13	2011
38	Turkey	3.12	2011
39	Moldova	3.09	2011
40	Bulgaria	2.86	2011
41	Albania	2.54	2011
42	Romania	1.82	2011
43	Republic of Macedonia	1.43	2011
44	Greece	1.41	2010
45	Azerbaijan	1.31	2011

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