ES · 1992 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Spain, 1992
In 1992, Spain's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 9.7% compared to 1991, reaching 289.
Spain accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 23,505.
Spain ranks 10th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 67.1% (from 173 in 1987).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.