SE · 1988 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Sweden, 1988
In 1988, Sweden's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 4.3% compared to 1987, reaching 870.
Sweden accounts for 3.7% of the EU-27 total of 23,455.
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 2.2% (from 851 in 1983).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.