DK · 2002 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Denmark, 2002
In 2002, Denmark's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 4.0% compared to 2001, reaching 966.
Denmark accounts for 2.1% of the EU-27 total of 45,897.
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 51.2% (from 639 in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.