DK · 2001 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Denmark, 2001
In 2001, Denmark's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 5.5% compared to 2000, reaching 929.
Denmark accounts for 2.0% of the EU-27 total of 45,760.
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 48.6% (from 625 in 1996).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.