methods, notes and classification Patent applications to the EPO by priority year by institutional sector (1977-2012) methods, notes and classification

    • Sector of performance
      • 0 Business enterprise sector
      • 1 Government sector or private non-profit sector
      • 2 Higher education sector
      • 3 Hospitals
      • 4 Individual applicant
      • 5 Unknown
    • Unit of measure
      • 0 Number
      • 1 Million purchasing power standards (PPS)
      • 2 Purchasing power standard (PPS) per inhabitant
      • 3 Per million inhabitants
      • 4 Per million of active population
    • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
      • 00 European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020)
      • 01 European Union - 27 countries (2007-2013)
      • 02 Euro area - 18 countries (2014)
      • 03 Euro area - 17 countries (2011-2013)
      • 04 Belgium
      • 05 Bulgaria
      • 06 Czechia
      • 07 Denmark
      • 08 Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG)
      • 09 Estonia
      • 0a Ireland
      • 0b Greece
      • 0c Spain
      • 0d France
      • 0e Croatia
      • 0f Italy
      • 0g Cyprus
      • 0h Latvia
      • 0i Lithuania
      • 0j Luxembourg
      • 0k Hungary
      • 0l Malta
      • 0m Netherlands
      • 0n Austria
      • 0o Poland
      • 0p Portugal
      • 0q Romania
      • 0r Slovenia
      • 0s Slovakia
      • 0t Finland
      • 0u Sweden
      • 0v Iceland
      • 0w Liechtenstein
      • 0x Norway
      • 0y Switzerland
      • 0z United Kingdom
      • 10 North Macedonia
      • 11 Turkey
      • 12 Russia
      • 13 Former Soviet Union (before 1991)/Total components of the former Soviet Union
      • 14 South Africa
      • 15 Canada
      • 16 United States
      • 17 Mexico
      • 18 Brazil
      • 19 China except Hong Kong
      • 1a Hong Kong
      • 1b Japan
      • 1c South Korea
      • 1d Taiwan
      • 1e India
      • 1f Singapore
      • 1g Israel
      • 1h Australia
      • 1i New Zealand