SE · 1981 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Sweden, 1981
In 1981, Sweden's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 19.2% compared to 1980, reaching 695.
Sweden accounts for 5.5% of the EU-27 total of 12,697.
Sweden ranks 5th out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.