FR · 2000 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
France, 2000
In 2000, France's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 1.4% compared to 1999, reaching 7,314.
France accounts for 16.0% of the EU-27 total of 45,674.
France ranks 2nd 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 42.2% (from 5,142 in 1995).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.