SE · 1997 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Sweden, 1997
In 1997, Sweden's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 13.6% compared to 1996, reaching 2,067.
Sweden accounts for 5.7% of the EU-27 total of 36,234.
Sweden ranks 5th 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 94.3% (from 1,064 in 1992).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.