FR · 1995 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
France, 1995
In 1995, France's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 2.9% compared to 1994, reaching 5,142.
France accounts for 18.8% of the EU-27 total of 27,336.
France ranks 2nd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.8% (from 4,905 in 1990).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.