Non-religious countries Compared by Industry > Patent applications > Nonresidents per million
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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. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Hong Kong | 1,456.18 | 2004 | ||
2 | Australia | 1,075.7 | 2004 | ||
3 | Canada | 1,051.21 | 2003 | ||
4 | Japan | 475.41 | 2004 | ||
5 | Austria | 67.18 | 2004 | ||
6 | Czech Republic | 61.96 | 2004 | ||
7 | Sweden | 53.15 | 2004 | ||
8 | China | 50 | 2004 | ||
9 | France | 48.8 | 2004 | ||
10 | Netherlands | 34.15 | 2004 | ||
11 | Vietnam | 15.59 | 2000 | ||
12 | Turkey | 5.81 | 2003 | ||
13 | Azerbaijan | 2.19 | 1996 |