NL · 1986 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Netherlands, 1986
In 1986, Netherlands's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 9.0% compared to 1985, reaching 1,258.
Netherlands accounts for 6.6% of the EU-27 total of 19,141.
Netherlands ranks 4th 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 59.4% (from 789 in 1981).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.