Former Soviet republics Compared by Industry > Patent applications > Nonresidents > Per capita
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DEFINITION:
Patent applications are applications filed 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Estonia | 71.91 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
2 | Russia | 50.37 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
3 | Georgia | 46.48 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
4 | Belarus | 38.88 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
5 | Ukraine | 35.66 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
6 | Latvia | 19.02 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
7 | Lithuania | 13.1 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
8 | Uzbekistan | 7.93 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
9 | Kazakhstan | 6.84 per 1 million people | 2003 | ||
10 | Moldova | 2.29 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
11 | Azerbaijan | 2.19 per 1 million people | 1996 | ||
12 | Armenia | 1.98 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
13 | Turkmenistan | 1.12 per 1 million people | 1999 | ||
14 | Tajikistan | 0.309 per 1 million people | 2004 | ||
15 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.198 per 1 million people | 2003 |