PT · 2014 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Portugal, 2014
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
126
Portugal, 2014
▲ 6.8% vs 2013 (118)
Analysis
In 2014, Portugal's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 6.8% compared to 2013, reaching 126.
Portugal accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 51,378.
Portugal ranks 16th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 37.0% (from 92 in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2014
#16 of 24
% of EU-27 total · 2014
0.2%
EU-27: 51,378
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2003 2017
Source:
Eurostat · pat_ep_ntot