FR · 1992 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
France, 1992
In 1992, France's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 6.0% compared to 1991, reaching 4,629.
France accounts for 19.7% of the EU-27 total of 23,505.
France ranks 2nd out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.2% (from 4,360 in 1987).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.