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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 |
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1 | Germany | 46,986 | 2011 | ||
2 | France | 14,655 | 2011 | ||
3 | Italy | 8,794 | 2011 | ||
4 | Spain | 3,430 | 2011 | ||
5 | Netherlands | 2,585 | 2011 | ||
6 | Austria | 2,154 | 2011 | ||
7 | Finland | 1,650 | 2011 | ||
8 | Greece | 728 | 2010 | ||
9 | Belgium | 636 | 2011 | ||
10 | Portugal | 571 | 2011 | ||
11 | Ireland | 494 | 2011 | ||
12 | Slovenia | 442 | 2010 | ||
13 | Slovakia | 224 | 2011 | ||
14 | Latvia | 173 | 2011 | ||
15 | Luxembourg | 85 | 2011 | ||
16 | Estonia | 62 | 2011 | ||
17 | Malta | 9 | 2011 | ||
18 | Cyprus | 4 | 2010 |