FI · 1993 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Finland, 1993
In 1993, Finland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 13.9% compared to 1992, reaching 591.
Finland accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 24,498.
Finland ranks 8th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 83.5% (from 322 in 1988).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.