DE · 1980 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Germany, 1980
In 1980, Germany's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 22.9% compared to 1979, reaching 6,127.
Germany accounts for 54.1% of the EU-27 total of 11,332.
Germany ranks 1st 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.