ES · 1981 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Spain, 1981
In 1981, Spain's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 16.7% compared to 1980, reaching 49.
Spain accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 12,697.
Spain ranks 11th out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.