SE · 1989 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Sweden, 1989
In 1989, Sweden's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 8.6% compared to 1988, reaching 945.
Sweden accounts for 3.9% of the EU-27 total of 24,430.
Sweden ranks 5th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.3% (from 906 in 1984).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.