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NATO 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 Germany 46,986 2011
2 United Kingdom 15,343 2011
3 France 14,655 2011
4 Italy 8,794 2011
5 Canada 4,754 2011
6 Turkey 3,885 2011
7 Poland 3,879 2011
8 Spain 3,430 2011
9 Netherlands 2,585 2011
10 Denmark 1,574 2011
11 Romania 1,424 2011
12 Norway 1,122 2011
13 Czech Republic 783 2011
14 Greece 728 2010
15 Hungary 662 2011
16 Belgium 636 2011
17 Portugal 571 2011
18 Slovenia 442 2010
19 Bulgaria 262 2011
20 Croatia 230 2011
21 Slovakia 224 2011
22 Latvia 173 2011
23 Lithuania 93 2011
24 Luxembourg 85 2011
25 Estonia 62 2011
26 Iceland 50 2011
27 Albania 3 2011

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