{"entity":{"iso2":null,"iso3":null,"name":"Belfast (NUTS 2013)","slug":"belfast-nuts-2013"},"indicator":{"licence":"CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)","slug":"patent-applications-to-the-epo-by-priority-year-by-nuts-3-region-international-patent","source":"Eurostat","source_url":"https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/pat_ep_ripc","title":"Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by NUTS 3 region, international patent classification (IPC) sections and classes (1977-2013)","unit":null},"observations":[{"date":"1980-01-01","value":0.67},{"date":"1982-01-01","value":0.39},{"date":"1985-01-01","value":0.22},{"date":"1986-01-01","value":1.33},{"date":"1989-01-01","value":1.0},{"date":"1992-01-01","value":0.5},{"date":"1993-01-01","value":0.5},{"date":"1994-01-01","value":0.83},{"date":"1995-01-01","value":0.71},{"date":"1996-01-01","value":0.95},{"date":"1997-01-01","value":1.07},{"date":"1998-01-01","value":1.45},{"date":"1999-01-01","value":2.15},{"date":"2000-01-01","value":0.76},{"date":"2001-01-01","value":2.67},{"date":"2002-01-01","value":2.0},{"date":"2003-01-01","value":2.55},{"date":"2004-01-01","value":0.68},{"date":"2005-01-01","value":4.46},{"date":"2006-01-01","value":4.35},{"date":"2007-01-01","value":2.87},{"date":"2008-01-01","value":3.17},{"date":"2009-01-01","value":3.73},{"date":"2010-01-01","value":0.31},{"date":"2011-01-01","value":2.3},{"date":"2012-01-01","value":1.42}],"summary":{"latest_period":"2012-01-01","latest_value":1.42,"max":4.46,"mean":1.65538,"min":0.22,"of":1501,"rank":1053,"trend":"volatile"}}