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The UK filed just 6,619 patents in 2014, compared to 56,492 in Germany and 11,595 in France. According to a new study by...

The UK filed just 6,619 patents in 2014, compared to 56,492 in Germany and 11,595 in France. According to a new study by Thomson Reuters, UK is strong in research and development but innovators in other countries are securing patents to protect their inventions at a much higher rate.

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