PL · 2016 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Poland, 2016
In 2016, Poland's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 8.5% compared to 2015, reaching 627.
Poland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 50,440.
Poland ranks 11th 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 63.3% (from 384 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.