NL · 1989 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Netherlands, 1989
In 1989, Netherlands's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 4.6% compared to 1988, reaching 1,657.
Netherlands accounts for 6.8% of the EU-27 total of 24,430.
Netherlands ranks 4th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 50.5% (from 1,101 in 1984).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.