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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 [Mar]
World World 69,528 97,360 107,162 129,047 139,386 135,184 110,090 83,661 106,358 112,283 25,444
1 USA USA 15,428 22,568 25,620 31,755 35,174 34,737 27,932 20,492 25,719 27,366 6,008
2 Germany Germany 14,737 19,505 19,648 21,605 22,137 20,826 17,133 13,260 15,718 16,169 3,650
3 Japan Japan 10,776 15,675 17,972 21,634 22,694 20,447 15,548 11,166 13,658 13,633 2,911
4 China China 1,463 2,598 3,335 4,966 6,336 7,021 6,970 5,969 9,106 9,194 2,425
5 France France 5,614 7,265 7,572 8,884 9,059 8,624 6,976 5,621 6,738 6,884 1,624
6 South Korea South Korea 2,013 3,252 4,482 6,306 7,381 7,098 5,892 4,438 5,627 6,136 1,542
7 Switzerland Switzerland 3,403 4,373 4,298 4,768 5,106 5,207 4,168 3,173 4,338 4,861 1,206
8 UK UK 2,259 3,166 3,304 4,069 4,396 4,189 3,459 2,603 3,395 3,680 806
9 Italy Italy 2,572 3,330 3,237 3,554 3,831 3,946 3,257 2,736 3,431 3,798 798
10 Netherlands Netherlands 2,247 3,095 3,481 4,076 4,621 4,092 3,094 2,409 2,936 3,057 736
11 Sweden Sweden 1,985 2,720 2,968 3,572 3,897 3,613 2,945 2,258 2,903 2,790 640
12 Austria Austria 1,087 1,428 1,544 1,730 1,736 1,818 1,374 1,213 1,565 1,574 348
13 Belgium Belgium 914 1,164 1,266 1,455 1,468 1,444 1,229 991 1,233 1,362 333
14 Finland Finland 760 1,109 1,252 1,579 1,640 1,577 1,240 879 1,210 1,265 300
15 Denmark Denmark 744 1,090 1,127 1,190 1,339 1,334 1,172 820 1,242 1,267 258
16 Canada Canada 791 1,038 1,264 1,641 1,745 1,474 1,168 758 1,059 1,070 248
17 Spain Spain 565 806 847 1,005 974 949 833 617 946 944 236
18 Taiwan Taiwan 445 664 708 990 1,031 1,155 977 671 827 889 182
19 Ireland Ireland 279 364 444 505 554 578 530 405 624 780 173
20 Australia Australia 339 462 493 555 638 595 475 341 504 558 124
21 Norway Norway 264 337 376 431 454 475 423 324 420 412 110
22 Singapore Singapore 121 191 277 403 446 441 329 255 390 426 93
23 India India 189 253 267 370 403 412 335 230 333 455 88
24 Turkey Turkey 220 271 306 294 374 381 259 237 360 304 81
25 Poland Poland 156 186 222 236 242 283 242 201 265 254 74
26 Liechtenstein Liechtenstein 104 143 170 204 234 205 204 173 203 233 67
27 Luxembourg Luxembourg 222 299 431 480 409 386 310 219 237 231 61
28 Czech Republic Czech Republic 78 98 135 130 175 165 149 95 146 152 35
29 New Zealand New Zealand 53 73 127 128 138 172 136 84 136 161 31
30 Russia Russia 85 114 138 163 135 141 110 69 107 88 30
31 Portugal Portugal 48 59 73 96 115 123 121 74 146 158 29
32 Brazil Brazil 78 141 116 143 154 123 82 65 97 112 27
33 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 51 90 129 170 192 188 193 159 126 109 20
34 Slovenia Slovenia 66 85 98 79 80 96 80 49 59 98 19
35 Hungary Hungary 41 63 60 70 78 81 54 57 64 60 18
36 Greece Greece 23 41 37 51 56 92 69 61 69 73 16
37 South Africa South Africa 64 79 56 78 76 86 53 39 55 51 15
38 Cyprus Cyprus 17 36 21 32 26 32 27 21 27 23 12
39 UAE UAE 5 14 23 25 30 37 35 24 23 54 12
40 Lithuania Lithuania 12 17 22 15 25 21 20 23 21 30 10
41 Slovakia Slovakia 12 15 18 28 34 18 36 18 27 34 9
42 Estonia Estonia 10 11 19 21 16 21 12 13 19 38 7
43 Bulgaria Bulgaria 8 12 23 17 18 19 23 22 25 23 6
44 Chile Chile 16 18 20 22 17 21 25 17 20 18 6
45 Iceland Iceland 28 27 22 53 32 30 40 16 37 34 6
46 Latvia Latvia 8 19 14 12 6 5 19 9 16 13 5
47 Romania Romania 10 20 14 11 16 24 12 16 23 21 5
48 Ukraine Ukraine 4 10 6 11 6 7 7 7 16 10 4
49 Thailand Thailand 7 7 7 20 43 49 37 28 33 40 4
50 Philippines Philippines 4 6 9 7 3 4 7 0 1 1 3
51 Mexico Mexico 45 35 63 69 63 61 49 26 47 42 3
52 Croatia Croatia 6 6 6 6 14 11 8 14 8 7 3
53 Belarus Belarus 0 2 2 3 2 8 0 2 4 6 2
54 Malaysia Malaysia 26 25 31 39 38 33 20 11 17 24 2
55 Argentina Argentina 15 15 13 17 21 15 15 18 9 15 2
56 Egypt Egypt 3 3 1 3 3 6 0 1 1 1 2
57 Uruguay Uruguay 4 2 6 7 4 3 5 4 5 4 2
58 Qatar Qatar 2 5 3 2 8 5 3 2 1 0 1
59 Kuwait Kuwait 3 7 1 4 1 2 4 1 2 0 1
60 Armenia Armenia 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1
61 Algeria Algeria 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
62 Oman Oman 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
63 Nigeria Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
64 Morocco Morocco 1 0 1 1 2 4 2 2 6 8 0
65 Lebanon Lebanon 0 1 1 5 3 3 7 2 2 3 0
66 Jordan Jordan 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 0 2 1 0
67 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 4 4 8 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0
68 Pakistan Pakistan 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0
69 Jamaica Jamaica 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
70 Iran Iran 0 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 0
71 North Korea North Korea 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
72 Georgia Georgia 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
73 Costa rica Costa rica 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 2 4 7 0
74 Cuba Cuba 8 12 11 7 4 1 7 0 3 1 0
75 Paraguay Paraguay 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
76 Bosnia Bosnia 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
77 Bangladesh Bangladesh 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
78 Colombia Colombia 4 8 8 6 13 8 12 10 6 4 0
79 Bahrain Bahrain 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 2 0
80 Indonesia Indonesia 3 5 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0
81 Vietnam Vietnam 4 4 2 5 2 3 1 0 1 2 0
82 Venezuela Venezuela 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
83 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 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 Serbia Serbia 0 1 0 8 5 6 1 4 7 6 0
87 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 Peru Peru 3 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 1 1 0
89 Panama Panama 3 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 3 3 0
Total patents in EPO (Patent)