NL · 1982 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Netherlands, 1982
In 1982, Netherlands's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 18.0% compared to 1981, reaching 931.
Netherlands accounts for 6.9% of the EU-27 total of 13,414.
Netherlands ranks 3rd out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.