BE · 1980 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Belgium, 1980
In 1980, Belgium's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 1.2% compared to 1979, reaching 250.
Belgium accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 11,332.
Belgium ranks 7th out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.