BE · 1979 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Belgium, 1979
In 1979, Belgium's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) stood at 247.
Belgium accounts for 2.7% of the EU-27 total of 9,187.
Belgium ranks 7th out of 15 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.