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Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NUTS 3 region, international patent classification (IPC) sections and classes (1977-2013) by country

Countries reporting
31
Highest
2,490
Germany
Lowest
0.13
Cyprus
Median
32.57
Years covered
36
1977–2012
Data points
40,742

What the numbers show

Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NUTS 3 region, international patent classification (IPC) sections and classes (1977-2013) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 2,490 in Germany; the lowest is 0.13 in Cyprus.

The median across all reporting countries is 32.57, and the mean is 254.77.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19,150.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 387.9%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 94.8%).

Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NUTS 3 region: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 2,490 2012 down 12.9% volatile
2 France 1,037 2012 down 26.4% rising
3 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 724.25 2012 down 39.9% rising
4 Italy 717.32 2012 down 21.5% volatile
5 Netherlands 667.59 2012 up 32.3% volatile
6 Switzerland 589.21 2012 up 4.6% volatile
7 Sweden 275.22 2012 down 37.5% volatile
8 Spain 265.92 2012 up 26.5% volatile
9 Austria 251.98 2012 up 20.7% volatile
10 Denmark 210.9 2012 down 26.0% volatile
11 Belgium 195.12 2012 down 12.6% volatile
12 Finland 114.2 2012 up 2.5% volatile
13 Norway 66.33 2012 down 24.8% volatile
14 Poland 63.96 2012 up 387.9% volatile
15 Ireland 55.73 2012 down 8.7% volatile
16 Hungary 32.57 2012 down 6.5% rising
17 Portugal 27.64 2012 up 173.9% volatile
18 Czechia 24.84 2012 up 34.3% volatile
19 Greece 23.99 2012 up 10.6% volatile
20 Slovenia 18.86 2012 down 40.1% volatile
21 Iceland 10.97 2012 down 39.2% volatile
22 Romania 8.59 2012 up 329.5% volatile
23 Luxembourg 6.28 2012 down 17.0% volatile
24 Bulgaria 6.22 2012 up 23.2% volatile
25 Slovakia 4.22 2012 up 26.7% volatile
26 Lithuania 3.5 2012 up 250.0% volatile
27 Latvia 1.89 2012 down 32.0% volatile
28 Estonia 1.81 2012 down 32.0% volatile
29 Malta 1 2012 up 33.3% volatile
29 Croatia 1 2012 down 94.1% volatile
31 Cyprus 0.13 2012 down 94.8% 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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Indicator
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NUTS 3 region, international patent classification (IPC) sections and classes (1977-2013)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
1,534 places, 40,742 data points, 1977–2012
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