Patent applications to the EPO by country of applicants and inventors (2004 and onwards)

Dataset pat_ep_tot published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This page describes the source table. The measures below are the specific selections this site takes from it.

About the source table

Publisher: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Original producer: Eurostat
Code: pat_ep_tot
Last update by provider: 24 March 2026
Last checked here: 9 November 2026
Dimensions: Time frequency, Cooperation partners, Unit of measure, Geopolitical entity (reporting), Time

Measures taken from this dataset

Measure	Fixed selection	Unit
Patent applications to the European Patent Office	freq=A coop_ptn=APPL unit=P_MHAB	applications per million inhabitants