FR · 1989 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
France, 1989
In 1989, France's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 4.9% compared to 1988, reaching 5,013.
France accounts for 20.5% of the EU-27 total of 24,430.
France ranks 2nd 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 53.1% (from 3,274 in 1984).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.