DE · 1987 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Germany, 1987
In 1987, Germany's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 13.0% compared to 1986, reaching 11,014.
Germany accounts for 50.7% of the EU-27 total of 21,737.
Germany ranks 1st out of 17 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 64.7% (from 6,687 in 1982).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.