SE · 1986 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Sweden, 1986
In 1986, Sweden's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 9.6% compared to 1985, reaching 871.
Sweden accounts for 4.6% of the EU-27 total of 19,141.
Sweden ranks 5th out of 17 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 25.3% (from 695 in 1981).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.