DE · 1984 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Germany, 1984
In 1984, Germany's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 9.5% compared to 1983, reaching 8,605.
Germany accounts for 51.4% of the EU-27 total of 16,736.
Germany ranks 1st 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 72.6% (from 4,985 in 1979).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.