PL · 2002 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Poland, 2002
In 2002, Poland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 43.1% compared to 2001, reaching 83.
Poland accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 45,897.
Poland ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 196.4% (from 28 in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.