Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)

In 2007, Portugal's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 16.0% compared to 2006, reaching 123.

Portugal accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 52,947.

Portugal ranks 15th 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 215.4% (from 39 in 2002).

Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.