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Fig. 3-5: AI-related inventions (patent families) worldwide since 2000
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
20
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20
01
20
02
20
03
20
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20
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20
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20
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20
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20
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20
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20
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Source: Austrian Patent Office (2019).

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Fig. 3-6: Number of inventions (patent families) per million inhabitants; comparison of selected countries (for 
patents filed in 2017) 
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
USA
SWE
FIN
DEU
NLD
FRA
UK
AUT
DNK
BEL
Source: Austrian Patent Office (2019).
Fig. 3-7: Trend in the number of inventions (patent families) per million inhabitants; comparison of selected 
countries (benchmark year 2000 = 100)
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100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1,000
1,100
1,200
1,300
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1,600
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
USA
SWE
FIN
DEU
NLD
FRA
UK
AUT
DNK
BEL
Source: Austrian Patent Office (2019).

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3. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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mid-table position according to the analysis and has 
seen (slightly) faster growth than France, Germany, 
Sweden, the Netherlands and Belgium during the ob-
servation period.