High income OECD countries Compared by Economy > Patent applications > Residents
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DEFINITION:
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.".
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Japan | 330,110 | 2008 | ||
2 | United States | 231,588 | 2008 | ||
3 | Germany | 49,240 | 2008 | ||
4 | United Kingdom | 16,523 | 2008 | ||
5 | France | 14,743 | 2008 | ||
6 | Italy | 9,255 | 2007 | ||
7 | Canada | 5,061 | 2008 | ||
8 | Spain | 3,632 | 2008 | ||
9 | Australia | 2,718 | 2007 | ||
10 | Sweden | 2,527 | 2007 | ||
11 | Poland | 2,488 | 2008 | ||
12 | Netherlands | 2,421 | 2008 | ||
13 | Austria | 2,298 | 2008 | ||
14 | Finland | 1,799 | 2008 | ||
15 | Denmark | 1,634 | 2008 | ||
16 | Switzerland | 1,594 | 2008 | ||
17 | Israel | 1,528 | 2008 | ||
18 | New Zealand | 1,256 | 2008 | ||
19 | Norway | 1,223 | 2007 | ||
20 | Ireland | 931 | 2008 | ||
21 | Greece | 803 | 2008 | ||
22 | Czech Republic | 712 | 2008 | ||
23 | Belgium | 575 | 2008 | ||
24 | Portugal | 381 | 2008 | ||
25 | Slovenia | 301 | 2008 | ||
26 | Chile | 291 | 2006 | ||
27 | Slovakia | 167 | 2008 | ||
28 | Estonia | 62 | 2008 | ||
29 | Iceland | 50 | 2008 | ||
30 | Luxembourg | 48 | 2008 |
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Interesting observations about Economy > Patent applications > Residents
- Japan has had the highest patent applications > residents since 1973.
- Germany ranked first for patent applications > residents amongst Europe in 2008.
- United States ranked first for patent applications > residents amongst Cold countries in 2008.
- United Kingdom ranked second for patent applications > residents amongst European Union in 2008.
- China ranked first for patent applications > residents amongst Emerging markets in 2008.
- Russia ranked first for patent applications > residents amongst Eastern Europe in 2008.
- Canada ranked last for patent applications > residents amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2008.
- France ranked second for patent applications > residents amongst Eurozone in 2008.
- Italy ranked #4 for patent applications > residents amongst NATO countries in 2007.
- Chile ranked 5th last for patent applications > residents amongst High income OECD countries in 2006.