AT · 1991 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Austria, 1991
In 1991, Austria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 2.0% compared to 1990, reaching 654.
Austria accounts for 2.8% of the EU-27 total of 23,380.
Austria ranks 6th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 23.6% (from 529 in 1986).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.