Former Soviet republics Compared by Industry > Patent applications > Residents
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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.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Russia | 22,944 | 2004 | ||
2 | Ukraine | 4,086 | 2004 | ||
3 | Kazakhstan | 1,696 | 2003 | ||
4 | Belarus | 1,065 | 2004 | ||
5 | Moldova | 297 | 2004 | ||
6 | Uzbekistan | 273 | 2004 | ||
7 | Georgia | 248 | 2004 | ||
8 | Kyrgyzstan | 179 | 2003 | ||
9 | Azerbaijan | 165 | 1996 | ||
10 | Armenia | 151 | 2003 | ||
11 | Latvia | 107 | 2004 | ||
12 | Lithuania | 69 | 2004 | ||
13 | Turkmenistan | 44 | 1999 | ||
14 | Tajikistan | 32 | 2004 | ||
15 | Estonia | 27 | 2004 |