IE · 1995 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Ireland, 1995
In 1995, Ireland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 19.5% compared to 1994, reaching 98.
Ireland accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 27,336.
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 58.1% (from 62 in 1990).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.