DK · 2015 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Denmark, 2015
In 2015, Denmark's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 1.2% compared to 2014, reaching 1,362.
Denmark accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 51,545.
Denmark ranks 10th 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 5.7% (from 1,289 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.