High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year … NUTS in Sud
Sud: High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year … NUTS was 21.32 Number in 2012. ◆ Volatile
High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year and NUTS 3 in Sud, 1978–2012
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Number.
Analysis
The most recent figure for high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 in Sud is 21.32 Number, measured in 2012.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.7% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 in Sud peaked at 50.09 Number in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1 Number, in 1978.
Sud ranks 201st of 1427 regions on this measure, in the top 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 Sud, year by year
| Year | Number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 Number | — |
| 1979 | 1 Number | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2 Number | +100.0% |
| 1982 | 2 Number | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2.5 Number | +25.0% |
| 1984 | 1 Number | -60.0% |
| 1985 | 3.07 Number | +207.0% |
| 1986 | 2.42 Number | -21.2% |
| 1987 | 7.2 Number | +197.5% |
| 1988 | 3.92 Number | -45.6% |
| 1989 | 4.38 Number | +11.7% |
| 1990 | 6.45 Number | +47.3% |
| 1991 | 8.08 Number | +25.3% |
| 1992 | 4.56 Number | -43.6% |
| 1993 | 11.45 Number | +151.1% |
| 1994 | 6.58 Number | -42.5% |
| 1995 | 3.67 Number | -44.2% |
| 1996 | 15.59 Number | +324.8% |
| 1997 | 14.08 Number | -9.7% |
| 1998 | 14.25 Number | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 12.7 Number | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 19.55 Number | +53.9% |
| 2001 | 17.86 Number | -8.6% |
| 2002 | 22.43 Number | +25.6% |
| 2003 | 26.72 Number | +19.1% |
| 2004 | 41.13 Number | +53.9% |
| 2005 | 45.32 Number | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 39.24 Number | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 35.59 Number | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 50.09 Number | +40.7% |
| 2009 | 40.93 Number | -18.3% |
| 2010 | 30.18 Number | -26.3% |
| 2011 | 25.91 Number | -14.1% |
| 2012 | 21.32 Number | -17.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where High-tech patent applications to the EPO by priority year … NUTS in Sud 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +324.8% | 3.67 Number | 15.59 Number |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1 Number | 1 Number | 1 Number | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.17 Number | 1 Number | 7.2 Number | 9 |
| 1990s | 9.74 Number | 3.67 Number | 15.59 Number | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.89 Number | 17.86 Number | 50.09 Number | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.8 Number | 21.32 Number | 30.18 Number | 3 |
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- Individuals who used the internet, frequency of use and activities 83.6% (2025)
- Individuals who ordered goods or services over the internet for 32.5% (2025)
- Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NUTS 3 region 145.2 Number (2012)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 in Sud?
- High-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 in Sud was 21.32 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 Sud?
- The highest recorded value was 50.09 Number in 2008.
- What is the lowest high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3 recorded in Sud?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 Number in 1978.
- How does Sud rank for high-tech patent applications to the epo by priority year and nuts 3?
- Sud ranks 201st 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 Sud?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sud 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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