FI · 1999 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Finland, 1999
In 1999, Finland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 21.3% compared to 1998, reaching 1,431.
Finland accounts for 3.3% of the EU-27 total of 43,256.
Finland ranks 6th 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 109.2% (from 684 in 1994).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.