IE · 1994 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Ireland, 1994
In 1994, Ireland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 18.8% compared to 1993, reaching 82.
Ireland accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 25,947.
Ireland ranks 11th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 32.3% (from 62 in 1989).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.