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