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