IE · 1990 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Ireland, 1990
In 1990, Ireland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 0.0% compared to 1989, reaching 62.
Ireland accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 23,401.
Ireland ranks 12th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 63.2% (from 38 in 1985).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.