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 This timeline shows a graph from 1973 to 1975 of Kuwait. No data until 1972. Number of actual observations by date: 3. 
Source name:
 World Development Indicators 
Source organization:
 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data. 
Categories, topics:
 Science & Technology 
Last updated:
apr 23, 2017
Indicators value changes by year
At the date of observation
Value
Absolute change
Change from the previous value
jan 1, 1974
5.0
 +3.0 
 150.0% 
jan 1, 1975
4.0
 -1.0 
 -20.0% 
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