PL · 2015 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Poland, 2015
In 2015, Poland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 5.1% compared to 2014, reaching 578.
Poland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,545.
Poland ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 60.1% (from 361 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.