ES · 2005 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Spain, 2005
In 2005, Spain's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 12.0% compared to 2004, reaching 1,363.
Spain accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 51,536.
Spain ranks 8th 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 69.7% (from 803 in 2000).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.