High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year … NUTS in Ísland
Ísland: High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year … NUTS was 0.33 Number in 2012. ◆ Volatile
High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 in Ísland, 1988–2012
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Number.
Analysis
Ísland recorded 0.33 Number for high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 in 2012.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 93.4% on the previous year and down 96.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 in Ísland peaked at 15 Number in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.2 Number, in 1988.
Ísland ranks 1270th of 1427 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year … NUTS in Ísland, year by year
| Year | Number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.2 Number | — |
| 1989 | 1.5 Number | +650.0% |
| 1990 | 1 Number | -33.3% |
| 1992 | 1 Number | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2.5 Number | +150.0% |
| 1995 | 1 Number | -60.0% |
| 1996 | 3.5 Number | +250.0% |
| 1997 | 3.75 Number | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 5.03 Number | +34.1% |
| 1999 | 13.62 Number | +170.8% |
| 2000 | 6.2 Number | -54.5% |
| 2001 | 7.77 Number | +25.3% |
| 2002 | 10 Number | +28.7% |
| 2003 | 12.62 Number | +26.2% |
| 2004 | 3.67 Number | -70.9% |
| 2005 | 5.42 Number | +47.7% |
| 2006 | 4.63 Number | -14.6% |
| 2007 | 15 Number | +224.0% |
| 2008 | 10.85 Number | -27.7% |
| 2009 | 3.37 Number | -68.9% |
| 2010 | 3.75 Number | +11.3% |
| 2011 | 5 Number | +33.3% |
| 2012 | 0.33 Number | -93.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year … NUTS in Ísland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +650.0% | 0.2 Number | 1.5 Number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.85 Number | 0.2 Number | 1.5 Number | 2 |
| 1990s | 3.92 Number | 1 Number | 13.62 Number | 8 |
| 2000s | 7.95 Number | 3.37 Number | 15 Number | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.03 Number | 0.33 Number | 5 Number | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 in Ísland?
- High-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 in Ísland was 0.33 Number in 2012, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 recorded in Ísland?
- The highest recorded value was 15 Number in 2007.
- What is the lowest high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 recorded in Ísland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2 Number in 1988.
- How does Ísland rank for high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3?
- Ísland ranks 1270th out of 1427 regions with data for 2012.
- Is high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 rising or falling in Ísland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ísland data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 region (1977-2012). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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