AT · 2000 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Austria, 2000
In 2000, Austria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 10.4% compared to 1999, reaching 1,183.
Austria accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 45,674.
Austria ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 76.3% (from 671 in 1995).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.