DE · 2011 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Germany, 2011
In 2011, Germany's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 2.0% compared to 2010, reaching 22,963.
Germany accounts for 44.2% of the EU-27 total of 52,010.
Germany ranks 1st out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 4.9% (from 24,149 in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.