PT · 2004 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Portugal, 2004
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
58
Portugal, 2004
▼ 12.1% vs 2003 (66)
Analysis
In 2004, Portugal's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 12.1% compared to 2003, reaching 58.
Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 49,854.
Portugal ranks 18th 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 56.8% (from 37 in 1999).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2004
#18 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2004
0.1%
EU-27: 49,854
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2003 2017
Source:
Eurostat · pat_ep_ntot