PL · 2017 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Poland, 2017
In 2017, Poland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 9.4% compared to 2016, reaching 686.
Poland accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 49,211.
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 42.0% (from 483 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.