NL · 1999 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Netherlands, 1999
In 1999, Netherlands's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 14.2% compared to 1998, reaching 2,960.
Netherlands accounts for 6.8% of the EU-27 total of 43,256.
Netherlands ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 93.3% (from 1,531 in 1994).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.