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<td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top"><a href="http://www.wipo.int/gii/?utm_source=wipomail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=gii2022" style="text-decoration: none;"><img alt="The visual is taken from the cover of the 2022 G I I report, featuring Rodin’s Thinker imagining the future." id="" src="https://www.wipo.int/shared/images/gii-visual-signature-2022.jpg" width="80"></a></td>
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<span style="color:#000000; font-size:21.3px; line-height:18.6px; font-family: Noto Sans Display, arial, impact; font-weight:500">Global Innovation</span><br>
<span style="color:#000000; font-size:21.3px; line-height:18.6px; font-family: Noto Sans Display, arial, impact; font-weight:500">Index 2022</span><br>
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