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Indicator : Total patents in EPO (Patent)
Description : The indicator shows the number of total granted patents 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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Total patents in EPO (Patent)

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 [Sep]
World World 69,528 97,360 107,162 129,047 139,386 135,184 110,090 83,661 106,358 112,283 87,139
1 USA USA 15,428 22,568 25,620 31,755 35,174 34,737 27,932 20,492 25,719 27,366 21,236
2 Germany Germany 14,737 19,505 19,648 21,605 22,137 20,826 17,133 13,260 15,718 16,169 12,375
3 Japan Japan 10,776 15,675 17,972 21,634 22,694 20,447 15,548 11,166 13,658 13,633 9,830
4 China China 1,463 2,598 3,335 4,966 6,336 7,021 6,970 5,969 9,106 9,194 8,609
5 South Korea South Korea 2,013 3,252 4,482 6,306 7,381 7,098 5,892 4,438 5,627 6,136 5,549
6 France France 5,614 7,265 7,572 8,884 9,059 8,624 6,976 5,621 6,738 6,884 5,315
7 Switzerland Switzerland 3,403 4,373 4,298 4,768 5,106 5,207 4,168 3,173 4,338 4,861 3,907
8 Italy Italy 2,572 3,330 3,237 3,554 3,831 3,946 3,257 2,736 3,431 3,798 2,793
9 UK UK 2,259 3,166 3,304 4,069 4,396 4,189 3,459 2,603 3,395 3,680 2,774
10 Netherlands Netherlands 2,247 3,095 3,481 4,076 4,621 4,092 3,094 2,409 2,936 3,057 2,429
11 Sweden Sweden 1,985 2,720 2,968 3,572 3,897 3,613 2,945 2,258 2,903 2,790 2,153
12 Austria Austria 1,087 1,428 1,544 1,730 1,736 1,818 1,374 1,213 1,565 1,574 1,091
13 Finland Finland 760 1,109 1,252 1,579 1,640 1,577 1,240 879 1,210 1,265 1,065
14 Belgium Belgium 914 1,164 1,266 1,455 1,468 1,444 1,229 991 1,233 1,362 1,010
15 Denmark Denmark 744 1,090 1,127 1,190 1,339 1,334 1,172 820 1,242 1,267 901
16 Canada Canada 791 1,038 1,264 1,641 1,745 1,474 1,168 758 1,059 1,070 838
17 Spain Spain 565 806 847 1,005 974 949 833 617 946 944 757
18 Taiwan Taiwan 445 664 708 990 1,031 1,155 977 671 827 889 687
19 Ireland Ireland 279 364 444 505 554 578 530 405 624 780 661
20 Australia Australia 339 462 493 555 638 595 475 341 504 558 455
21 Singapore Singapore 121 191 277 403 446 441 329 255 390 426 373
22 Norway Norway 264 337 376 431 454 475 423 324 420 412 368
23 India India 189 253 267 370 403 412 335 230 333 455 325
24 Poland Poland 156 186 222 236 242 283 242 201 265 254 232
25 Turkey Turkey 220 271 306 294 374 381 259 237 360 304 217
26 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 104 143 170 204 234 205 204 173 203 233 174
27 Luxembourg Luxembourg 222 299 431 480 409 386 310 219 237 231 164
28 New Zealand New Zealand 53 73 127 128 138 172 136 84 136 161 117
29 Portugal Portugal 48 59 73 96 115 123 121 74 146 158 102
30 Czech Republic Czech Republic 78 98 135 130 175 165 149 95 146 152 102
31 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 51 90 129 170 192 188 193 159 126 109 91
32 Brazil Brazil 78 141 116 143 154 123 82 65 97 112 88
33 Russia Russia 85 114 138 163 135 141 110 69 107 88 57
34 Slovenia Slovenia 66 85 98 79 80 96 80 49 59 98 57
35 Hungary Hungary 41 63 60 70 78 81 54 57 64 60 55
36 Greece Greece 23 41 37 51 56 92 69 61 69 73 48
37 Lithuania Lithuania 12 17 22 15 25 21 20 23 21 30 43
38 South Africa South Africa 64 79 56 78 76 86 53 39 55 51 42
39 UAE UAE 5 14 23 25 30 37 35 24 23 54 34
40 Cyprus Cyprus 17 36 21 32 26 32 27 21 27 23 33
41 Estonia Estonia 10 11 19 21 16 21 12 13 19 38 32
42 Slovakia Slovakia 12 15 18 28 34 18 36 18 27 34 24
43 Iceland Iceland 28 27 22 53 32 30 40 16 37 34 22
44 Mexico Mexico 45 35 63 69 63 61 49 26 47 42 22
45 Latvia Latvia 8 19 14 12 6 5 19 9 16 13 21
46 Bulgaria Bulgaria 8 12 23 17 18 19 23 22 25 23 21
47 Thailand Thailand 7 7 7 20 43 49 37 28 33 40 21
48 Chile Chile 16 18 20 22 17 21 25 17 20 18 18
49 Croatia Croatia 6 6 6 6 14 11 8 14 8 7 16
50 Malaysia Malaysia 26 25 31 39 38 33 20 11 17 24 14
51 Armenia Armenia 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 13
52 Romania Romania 10 20 14 11 16 24 12 16 23 21 11
53 Ukraine Ukraine 4 10 6 11 6 7 7 7 16 10 9
54 Argentina Argentina 15 15 13 17 21 15 15 18 9 15 8
55 Egypt Egypt 3 3 1 3 3 6 0 1 1 1 8
56 Philippines Philippines 4 6 9 7 3 4 7 0 1 1 5
57 Uruguay Uruguay 4 2 6 7 4 3 5 4 5 4 4
58 Serbia Serbia 0 1 0 8 5 6 1 4 7 6 3
59 Belarus Belarus 0 2 2 3 2 8 0 2 4 6 3
60 Georgia Georgia 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 2
61 Panama Panama 3 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 2
62 Qatar Qatar 2 5 3 2 8 5 3 2 1 0 2
63 Kuwait Kuwait 3 7 1 4 1 2 4 1 2 0 2
64 Lebanon Lebanon 0 1 1 5 3 3 7 2 2 3 2
65 Vietnam Vietnam 4 4 2 5 2 3 1 0 1 2 2
66 Colombia Colombia 4 8 8 6 13 8 12 10 6 4 2
67 Costa rica Costa rica 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 2 4 7 2
68 Indonesia Indonesia 3 5 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
69 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 4 4 8 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 1
70 Bahrain Bahrain 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 1
71 Algeria Algeria 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
72 Bosnia Bosnia 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
73 Morocco Morocco 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 6 8 1
74 Cuba Cuba 8 12 11 7 4 1 7 0 3 1 1
75 Oman Oman 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
76 Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0
77 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
78 North Korea North Korea 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
79 Venezuela Venezuela 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
80 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0
81 Iran Iran 0 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 0
82 Jamaica Jamaica 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
83 Jordan Jordan 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 2 1 0
84 Tunisia Tunisia 4 1 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 0
85 Syria Syria 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
86 Peru Peru 3 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 0
87 Nigeria Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
88 Paraguay Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
89 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total patents in EPO (Patent)