DE · 1981 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Germany, 1981
In 1981, Germany's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 7.2% compared to 1980, reaching 6,570.
Germany accounts for 51.7% of the EU-27 total of 12,697.
Germany ranks 1st out of 16 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.