AT · 2008 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Austria, 2008
In 2008, Austria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 5.5% compared to 2007, reaching 1,626.
Austria accounts for 3.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,658.
Austria ranks 6th 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 16.8% (from 1,392 in 2003).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.