ES · 1997 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Spain, 1997
In 1997, Spain's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 34.6% compared to 1996, reaching 584.
Spain accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 36,234.
Spain ranks 10th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 102.1% (from 289 in 1992).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.