BE · 1990 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Belgium, 1990
In 1990, Belgium's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 11.0% compared to 1989, reaching 511.
Belgium accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 23,401.
Belgium ranks 7th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 30.4% (from 392 in 1985).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.