EU-27 SNAPSHOT · 1981 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) — 1981
Eurostat pat_ep_ntot — Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017). Data range: 1978 to 2017.
EU-27 total · 1981
12,697
Highest · 1981
Germany
6,570
Lowest · 1981
Portugal
2
Member-state ranking · 1981
- #1 Germany DE 51.7% 6,570
- #2 France FR 21.8% 2,768
- #3 Italy IT 6.4% 809
- #4 Netherlands NL 6.2% 789
- #5 Sweden SE 5.5% 695
- #6 Austria AT 2.4% 307
- #7 Belgium BE 2.0% 249
- #8 Denmark DK 1.3% 159
- #9 Hungary HU 0.9% 119
- #10 Finland FI 0.7% 93
- #11 Spain ES 0.4% 49
- #12 Luxembourg LU 0.3% 37
- #13 Ireland IE 0.1% 17
- #14 Poland PL 0.1% 9
- #15 Greece EL 0.1% 8
- #16 Portugal PT 0.0% 2
Source:
Eurostat · pat_ep_ntot