NL · 1992 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Netherlands, 1992
In 1992, Netherlands's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 3.1% compared to 1991, reaching 1,466.
Netherlands accounts for 6.2% of the EU-27 total of 23,505.
Netherlands ranks 4th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.0% (from 1,451 in 1987).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.