DE · 1983 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Germany, 1983
In 1983, Germany's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 17.5% compared to 1982, reaching 7,855.
Germany accounts for 51.4% of the EU-27 total of 15,275.
Germany ranks 1st out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.