NL · 1984 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Netherlands, 1984
In 1984, Netherlands's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 8.7% compared to 1983, reaching 1,101.
Netherlands accounts for 6.6% of the EU-27 total of 16,736.
Netherlands ranks 4th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 111.7% (from 520 in 1979).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.