FI · 1990 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Finland, 1990
In 1990, Finland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 9.6% compared to 1989, reaching 424.
Finland accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 23,401.
Finland ranks 8th 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 139.5% (from 177 in 1985).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.