AT · 2002 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Austria, 2002
In 2002, Austria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 7.4% compared to 2001, reaching 1,291.
Austria accounts for 2.8% of the EU-27 total of 45,897.
Austria ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 33.6% (from 966 in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.