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High income OECD countries Compared by Economy > Innovation > Patent applications, residents

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
1 JapanJapan 287,580 2011
2 United StatesUnited States 247,750 2011
3 South KoreaSouth Korea 138,034 2011
4 GermanyGermany 46,986 2011
5 United KingdomUnited Kingdom 15,343 2011
6 FranceFrance 14,655 2011
7 ItalyItaly 8,794 2011
8 CanadaCanada 4,754 2011
9 PolandPoland 3,879 2011
10 SpainSpain 3,430 2011
11 NetherlandsNetherlands 2,585 2011
12 AustraliaAustralia 2,383 2011
13 AustriaAustria 2,154 2011
14 SwedenSweden 2,004 2011
15 FinlandFinland 1,650 2011
16 SwitzerlandSwitzerland 1,597 2011
17 DenmarkDenmark 1,574 2011
18 New ZealandNew Zealand 1,501 2011
19 IsraelIsrael 1,360 2011
20 NorwayNorway 1,122 2011
21 Czech RepublicCzech Republic 783 2011
22 GreeceGreece 728 2010
23 BelgiumBelgium 636 2011
24 PortugalPortugal 571 2011
25 IrelandIreland 494 2011
26 SloveniaSlovenia 442 2010
27 ChileChile 339 2011
28 SlovakiaSlovakia 224 2011
29 LuxembourgLuxembourg 85 2011
30 EstoniaEstonia 62 2011
31 IcelandIceland 50 2011

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High income OECD countries Compared by Economy > Innovation > Patent applications, residents

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