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DEFINITION:
Patent applications, nonresidents. 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 |
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High income OECD countries | 443,601 | 2011 | |||
Cold countries | 416,761 | 2010 | |||
Group of 7 countries (G7) | 363,619 | 2011 | |||
Non-religious countries | 239,044 | 2011 | |||
Emerging markets | 206,201 | 2011 | |||
NATO countries | 55,147 | 2011 | |||
Europe | 44,175 | 2011 | |||
European Union | 24,697 | 2011 | |||
Eastern Europe | 18,614 | 2011 | |||
Former Soviet republics | 18,603 | 2011 | |||
Eurozone | 16,774 | 2011 | |||
Former Spanish colonies | 16,238 | 1993 | |||
Potential Future EU Members | 404 | 2011 |