NL · 1990 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Netherlands, 1990
In 1990, Netherlands's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 8.4% compared to 1989, reaching 1,517.
Netherlands accounts for 6.5% of the EU-27 total of 23,401.
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 31.5% (from 1,154 in 1985).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.