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Patent applications to the EPO with foreign co-inventors, by priority year (1977-2013) by country

Countries reporting
18
Highest
2,144
United States of America
Lowest
6
Iceland
Median
62.5
Years covered
37
1977–2013
Data points
658

What the numbers show

Patent applications to the EPO with foreign co-inventors, by priority year (1977-2013) is currently reported for 18 countries. The highest value is 2,144 in United States of America; the lowest is 6 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 62.5, and the mean is 231.56.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 357.

Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in New Zealand (down 61.9%).

Patent applications to the EPO with foreign co-inventors, by priority: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States of America 2,144 2013 down 21.6% volatile
2 Switzerland 961 2013 up 1.1% volatile
3 Canada 207 2013 down 5.0% volatile
4 Japan 177 2013 down 26.2% volatile
5 India 124 2013 up 90.8% volatile
6 Singapore 101 2013 up 165.8% volatile
7 Australia 85 2013 down 15.8% volatile
8 Israel 71 2013 up 20.3% volatile
9 Norway 68 2013 up 47.8% volatile
10 Brazil 57 2013 up 35.7% volatile
11 Republic of Korea 51 2013 up 30.8% volatile
12 Russian Federation 39 2013 down 41.8% rising
13 Liechtenstein 30 2013 up 114.3% volatile
14 Taiwan, China 26 2013 up 116.7% volatile
15 New Zealand 8 2013 down 61.9% volatile
16 Mexico 7 2013 down 46.2% volatile
17 South Africa 6 2013 down 57.1% volatile
17 Iceland 6 2013 up 200.0% 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 with foreign co-inventors, by priority year (1977-2013)
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
20 places, 658 data points, 1977–2013
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