NL · 2009 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Netherlands, 2009
In 2009, Netherlands's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 0.1% compared to 2008, reaching 3,454.
Netherlands accounts for 6.7% of the EU-27 total of 51,367.
Netherlands ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.8% (from 3,668 in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.