FR · 1981 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
France, 1981
In 1981, France's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 16.4% compared to 1980, reaching 2,768.
France accounts for 21.8% of the EU-27 total of 12,697.
France ranks 2nd 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.