DK · 1999 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Denmark, 1999
In 1999, Denmark's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 8.9% compared to 1998, reaching 872.
Denmark accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 43,256.
Denmark ranks 9th 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 82.0% (from 479 in 1994).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.