ES · 1998 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Spain, 1998
In 1998, Spain's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 7.0% compared to 1997, reaching 625.
Spain accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 39,695.
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 71.2% (from 365 in 1993).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.