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Indicator : Published patent applications in EPO (Patent)
Description : The indicator shows the number of patents applications published (but not yet granted) in EPO. According to WIPO, a patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. To get a patent, technical information about the invention must be disclosed to the public in a patent application.
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Published patent applications in EPO (Patent)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2023 2024 2025 [Mar]
World 141,529 148,804 150,948 82,238 88,648 94,938 94,922 103,026 184,706 26,483
1 Japan 21,564 20,823 21,191 20,619 21,569 21,577 20,707 20,221 21,167 5,493
2 China 5,536 6,302 8,521 7,396 9,549 12,021 15,946 19,129 20,450 5,231
3 USA 37,205 42,716 41,274 12,869 14,709 15,650 13,442 15,347 47,599 3,681
4 Germany 22,857 22,442 22,132 11,146 12,096 12,423 11,732 11,727 22,607 3,028
5 South Korea 6,206 6,854 6,566 6,198 6,595 7,998 8,664 10,842 12,868 2,843
6 Switzerland 5,680 5,875 6,023 2,706 2,865 3,168 3,016 3,186 7,729 916
7 France 9,950 10,107 10,121 3,724 3,923 4,001 3,759 3,876 9,972 911
8 Netherlands 4,295 4,609 4,785 1,522 2,140 2,251 1,981 2,107 4,343 536
9 Italy 3,643 3,978 4,158 1,891 1,921 2,050 2,261 2,289 4,688 496
10 UK 4,627 5,085 4,993 1,459 1,799 2,108 1,558 1,803 5,957 425
11 Taiwan 1,175 1,377 1,525 1,348 1,517 1,326 1,349 1,412 1,489 334
12 Sweden 3,908 3,373 3,548 1,016 1,180 1,381 1,533 1,679 4,638 312
13 Spain 1,380 1,322 1,372 1,104 1,181 1,230 1,248 1,355 1,750 298
14 Austria 1,823 1,894 1,980 928 1,102 1,129 1,166 1,149 2,027 262
15 Finland 2,016 1,923 1,632 700 774 782 876 888 2,636 230
16 Denmark 1,384 1,429 1,500 579 669 798 801 833 1,933 216
17 Canada 1,666 1,742 1,550 439 577 668 662 759 2,142 205
18 Belgium 1,530 1,631 1,702 838 870 942 877 915 2,026 192
19 Singapore 397 439 443 158 181 199 311 394 1,060 151
20 Ireland 468 508 516 232 307 395 391 445 1,027 126
21 Poland 390 455 460 197 265 269 273 360 556 97
22 India 533 655 706 288 281 266 377 354 844 88
23 Liechtenstein 333 322 392 162 213 238 224 261 383 60
24 Portugal 122 158 144 86 108 136 101 176 278 55
25 Norway 520 481 495 136 151 146 163 167 648 41
26 Czech Republic 198 193 216 98 108 119 97 101 247 38
27 Brazil 202 183 234 109 140 133 158 165 197 33
28 Australia 796 817 838 115 135 146 140 174 952 33
29 Indonesia 9 7 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 29
30 Greece 81 80 82 42 47 48 94 110 143 27
31 Lithuania 31 33 28 10 9 13 40 45 99 21
32 Thailand 20 23 66 37 36 32 58 47 99 20
33 New Zealand 196 196 222 46 36 65 68 94 247 19
34 Turkey 415 438 525 273 450 155 199 130 585 19
35 Luxembourg 373 398 513 177 136 161 150 137 335 18
36 Croatia 12 12 14 3 2 6 7 18 42 15
37 Russia 241 200 221 182 202 244 199 135 139 14
38 Slovenia 114 123 98 58 50 56 73 62 133 14
39 Estonia 34 33 35 21 17 19 27 25 45 11
40 Romania 33 32 18 10 22 28 23 30 48 10
41 Slovakia 38 36 46 25 23 27 21 28 63 10
42 Hungary 94 100 102 26 32 37 28 30 118 8
43 Bulgaria 30 32 26 10 17 16 20 22 33 6
44 Mexico 61 63 68 36 44 45 29 44 47 6
45 Chile 29 42 36 32 48 30 35 31 48 5
46 UAE 29 62 39 15 8 3 24 31 85 5
47 Saudi Arabia 185 261 173 18 33 31 26 14 140 4
48 Cyprus 42 39 50 22 21 20 19 17 56 3
49 Malaysia 65 47 41 7 7 12 12 11 51 3
50 Colombia 19 13 21 12 12 12 15 11 12 3
51 Iceland 41 39 43 3 8 7 5 6 39 2
52 South Africa 105 96 130 10 15 9 7 5 79 2
53 Serbia 9 3 5 1 3 4 2 4 12 2
54 Egypt 7 5 1 6 2 0 7 6 10 2
55 Uruguay 9 4 8 10 2 2 4 6 8 2
56 Peru 1 5 2 3 2 6 1 2 2 2
57 Latvia 61 15 21 10 9 15 15 3 36 1
58 Ukraine 18 11 23 13 11 13 18 9 22 1
59 Argentina 18 23 22 15 11 12 14 8 27 1
60 Cuba 9 6 2 3 7 8 8 14 12 1
61 Algeria 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
62 Uzbekistan 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1
63 Belarus 4 3 3 6 2 4 8 2 2 1
64 Qatar 17 8 11 3 4 2 2 2 3 1
65 Philippines 21 7 4 1 0 0 1 4 3 1
66 Costa rica 4 1 4 0 3 1 8 1 3 1
67 Nigeria 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
68 Morocco 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 7 0
69 Lebanon 4 3 8 3 5 4 2 0 3 0
70 Jamaica 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
71 Kuwait 3 3 5 0 1 5 1 1 1 0
72 Kazakhstan 8 4 5 6 2 0 2 1 2 0
73 Jordan 3 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
74 Georgia 3 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 0
75 Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
76 Iran 3 6 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 0
77 Oman 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0
78 Syria 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
79 Pakistan 3 0 1 1 4 1 0 3 2 0
80 Panama 6 6 6 1 3 2 4 0 4 0
81 Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
82 North Korea 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
83 Tunisia 4 3 2 2 1 0 2 1 5 0
84 Venezuela 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
85 Vietnam 4 1 3 0 3 2 1 2 6 0
86 Bosnia 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 4 0
87 Bangladesh 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 Armenia 2 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 0
89 Bahrain 2 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
90 Azerbaijan 0 2 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
91 Angola 2 3 0 0 0 0

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