IT · 1981 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Italy, 1981
In 1981, Italy's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 33.3% compared to 1980, reaching 809.
Italy accounts for 6.4% of the EU-27 total of 12,697.
Italy ranks 3rd 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.