(measure: patent applications; Source: The World Intellectual Property Organization)
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Somalia: Patent applications by residents
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For that indicator, The World Intellectual Property Organization provides data for Somalia from 1984 to 1984. The average value for Somalia during that period was 1 patent applications with a minimum of 1 patent applications in 1984 and a maximum of 1 patent applications in 1984.
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Definition: 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.
