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Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international patent classification (IPC) sections and classes (1977-2012) by country

Countries reporting
47
Highest
6,776
United States
Lowest
0.55
Cyprus
Median
55.78
Years covered
37
1977–2013
Data points
1,780

What the numbers show

Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international patent classification (IPC) sections and classes (1977-2012) is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 6,776 in United States; the lowest is 0.55 in Cyprus.

The median across all reporting countries is 55.78, and the mean is 387.24.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12,321.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 506.8%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 86.0%).

Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 6,776 2013 down 17.7% volatile
2 Germany 2,375 2013 down 21.2% volatile
3 Japan 1,578 2013 down 26.4% volatile
4 France 1,048 2013 down 26.6% rising
5 United Kingdom 847.34 2013 down 31.9% rising
6 Italy 738.34 2013 down 17.3% volatile
7 Netherlands 621.02 2013 up 25.7% volatile
8 Switzerland 573.78 2013 down 7.0% volatile
9 South Korea 464.08 2013 up 64.4% volatile
10 Israel 344.03 2013 down 8.7% volatile
11 Canada 305.37 2013 down 12.3% volatile
12 Spain 266.55 2013 up 15.4% volatile
13 Sweden 264.24 2013 down 27.5% rising
14 Austria 243.56 2013 up 6.4% volatile
15 Belgium 238.63 2013 down 2.0% volatile
16 Denmark 214.13 2013 down 39.9% volatile
17 Australia 175.53 2013 down 41.5% volatile
18 Taiwan 146.88 2013 up 41.6% volatile
19 India 139.33 2013 up 0.2% volatile
20 Türkiye 98.85 2013 up 506.8% volatile
21 Finland 96.13 2013 down 8.7% volatile
22 Ireland 84.75 2013 up 19.8% volatile
23 New Zealand 64.48 2013 down 26.2% volatile
24 Singapore 55.78 2013 up 120.7% volatile
25 Norway 54.35 2013 down 26.7% volatile
26 Poland 50.33 2013 up 169.9% volatile
27 Brazil 43.37 2013 up 0.5% volatile
28 Portugal 37.2 2013 up 202.7% volatile
29 Russia 35.67 2013 down 20.1% rising
30 Slovenia 32.23 2013 up 81.6% volatile
31 Czechia 31.23 2013 up 74.4% volatile
32 Greece 26.74 2013 up 39.8% volatile
33 Mexico 24.76 2013 down 16.0% volatile
34 Hungary 18.83 2013 down 51.2% rising
36 Iceland 14.53 2013 up 26.6% volatile
37 Hong Kong 13.58 2013 down 35.9% volatile
38 Luxembourg 12.45 2013 up 368.0% volatile
39 Latvia 9.91 2013 up 340.4% volatile
40 Liechtenstein 8.38 2013 up 20.7% volatile
41 Bulgaria 8.32 2013 up 108.0% volatile
42 Romania 6.08 2013 up 87.1% volatile
43 Croatia 3.13 2013 down 86.0% volatile
44 Lithuania 2.83 2013 up 183.0% volatile
45 Estonia 2.08 2013 up 108.0% volatile
46 Slovakia 2.06 2013 down 68.2% volatile
47 Malta 1.42 2013 up 89.3% volatile
48 Cyprus 0.55 2013 down 26.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by international patent classification (IPC) sections and classes (1977-2012)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
55 places, 1,780 data points, 1977–2013
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