AT · 2010 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Austria, 2010
In 2010, Austria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 3.4% compared to 2009, reaching 1,770.
Austria accounts for 3.4% of the EU-27 total of 51,416.
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 16.2% (from 1,523 in 2005).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.