SE · 1992 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Sweden, 1992
In 1992, Sweden's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 15.5% compared to 1991, reaching 1,064.
Sweden accounts for 4.5% of the EU-27 total of 23,505.
Sweden ranks 5th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 17.1% (from 909 in 1987).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.