ES · 2000 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Spain, 2000
In 2000, Spain's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 9.5% compared to 1999, reaching 803.
Spain accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 45,674.
Spain ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 108.6% (from 385 in 1995).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.