ES · 2001 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Spain, 2001
In 2001, Spain's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 9.3% compared to 2000, reaching 878.
Spain accounts for 1.9% of the EU-27 total of 45,760.
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 102.3% (from 434 in 1996).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.