FR · 1987 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
France, 1987
In 1987, France's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 13.8% compared to 1986, reaching 4,360.
France accounts for 20.1% of the EU-27 total of 21,737.
France ranks 2nd out of 17 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 49.7% (from 2,912 in 1982).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.