FR · 1994 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
France, 1994
In 1994, France's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 4.4% compared to 1993, reaching 4,995.
France accounts for 19.3% of the EU-27 total of 25,947.
France ranks 2nd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.4% (from 5,013 in 1989).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.