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Number of patent applications among residents (number)

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Austria2,0251,9612,2702,4242,1542,2582,1622,0922,2052,0782,0732,0392,0662,1241,872
Belgium6435775176206367557158899491,0541,001892876862799
Bulgaria198231261243262245282218280230202180186239165
Cyprus2044246384421
Denmark1,2181,7301,6581,6261,5741,4061,3411,3771,4621,5521,4901,2621,3511,2611,090
Finland2,0592,5791,8301,7311,6501,6981,5961,4191,2891,2601,3901,3871,3211,5881,557
France12,37813,87014,32714,74814,65514,54014,69014,50014,30614,20614,41514,30314,10312,77113,386
Germany30,72451,73648,36747,04746,98646,62047,35348,15447,38448,48047,78546,61746,63242,26039,822
Greece241306462728722628698651550606498430356400394
Hungary2,477810705649662692642546569616496407427428433
Iceland175147575037335140353656474434
Ireland734796276587575
Italy7,8778,8778,7948,4398,3078,6018,8488,6438,9219,22910,06110,281
Monaco216266456571841065
Luxembourg4185247985109113128128143156152117129112
Norway8991,3111,1431,1171,1221,0091,1011,1061,1531,2271,1521,082957880946
Poland4,1062,4042,0283,2033,8794,4104,2373,9414,6764,2613,9244,2073,8874,0103,377
Portugal10181158499571621647722925724644661703695711
Netherlands2,1472,4652,2172,5272,5852,3752,3152,2942,2072,2902,2412,1112,2282,1982,080
Romania2,7521,0039161,3821,4241,0229939529751,0051,0981,100881817772
Spain2,2182,7103,0403,5663,4303,2663,0262,9532,7992,7452,1671,5251,2881,4311,308
Turkey1382779283,1803,8854,4344,3924,7665,3526,2308,1757,1567,8717,9208,234
Sweden3,1084,2242,5222,1962,0042,2882,3321,9842,0382,0321,9921,8381,8021,7641,771
Switzerland2,9872,0831,6431,6221,5971,4801,5251,4801,4771,4621,3371,2831,3691,3841,288
United Kingdom19,31022,05017,83315,49015,34315,37014,97215,19614,86713,87613,30112,86512,06111,99011,592
Malta223129111359352565
Canada2,5494,1875,1834,5504,7544,7094,5674,1984,2774,0784,0534,3494,2384,4524,710
United States of America90,6431,64,7952,07,8672,41,9772,47,7502,68,7822,87,8312,85,0962,88,3352,95,3272,93,9042,85,0952,85,1132,69,5862,62,244
Mongolia100110133139109112124828466109
Croatia33736325723021723017016917514812119511777
Georgia232225183138139114110999675103858190
Kazakhstan1,3991,5231,6911,4151,8241,7421,2719931,055789803
Latvia981121781731932251031369590868293104
Lithuania666810893109117123101958181909581
Russian Federation23,37723,64428,72226,49528,70128,76524,07229,26926,79522,77724,92623,33723,75919,569
Slovenia307344442470255232222
Armenia1192061361211371251211131251071011126340
Azerbaijan28125419314415616818414420415514790119
Belarus9941,1661,7591,7251,6811,489652543455434453298317276
Czech Republic555586868783867984910880792794678765673541
Kyrgyzstan8013412411011113212284137926383
Estonia1323846220254430293724312125
North Macedonia7153273750424742
Republic of Moldova2403771399793676764917392858564
Slovakia236155234224168184211228220183217206206146
Tajikistan453074321
Ukraine5,6203,5382,5562,6492,4912,8562,4572,2712,2332,2832,1072,0971,3611,302
Uzbekistan755264370282257299345288353357470374356413
Bosnia and Herzegovina316656432741608784455053
Serbia372290180192201202178192171163168138138
Montenegro232037231323103165
Albania31014201615423
San Marino11471214141197
Andorra1333