FI · 1989 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Finland, 1989
In 1989, Finland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 20.2% compared to 1988, reaching 387.
Finland accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 24,430.
Finland ranks 8th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 138.9% (from 162 in 1984).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.