ES · 1990 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Spain, 1990
In 1990, Spain's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 2.9% compared to 1989, reaching 252.
Spain accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 23,401.
Spain ranks 10th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 103.2% (from 124 in 1985).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.