PT · 2006 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Portugal, 2006
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
106
Portugal, 2006
▼ 13.1% vs 2005 (122)
Analysis
In 2006, Portugal's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 13.1% compared to 2005, reaching 106.
Portugal accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 52,599.
Portugal ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 152.4% (from 42 in 2001).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2006
#16 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2006
0.2%
EU-27: 52,599
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2003 2017
Source:
Eurostat · pat_ep_ntot