NL · 1993 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Netherlands, 1993
In 1993, Netherlands's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 1.0% compared to 1992, reaching 1,480.
Netherlands accounts for 6.0% of the EU-27 total of 24,498.
Netherlands ranks 4th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.6% (from 1,584 in 1988).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.