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  • Annual patent applications
  • Annual patent applications per million people
  • Annual patents filed for carbon capture and storage technologies
  • Annual patents filed for electric vehicle technologies
  • Annual patents filed for energy storage technologies
  • Annual patents filed for renewable energy technologies
  • Annual patents filed in sustainable energy
  • Annual patents granted in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution
  • Cumulative RCTs published in high-ranked medical journals
  • International finance received for clean energy
  • Invention patents granted annually in the United States since 1790
  • Level of implementation of sustainable procurement policies and plans
  • Number of R&D researchers per million people
  • Ocean science and research funding
  • R&D researchers per million people vs. GDP per capita
  • Research & development spending as a share of GDP
  • Share of clinical trials that report results within a yearBy country
  • Share of government expenditure going to interest payments

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