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
- 00 Number
- 01 Million purchasing power standards (PPS)
- 02 Purchasing power standard (PPS) per inhabitant
- 03 Per million inhabitants
- 04 Per million of population in the labour force
- Geopolitical entity (reporting)
- 000 European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020)
- 001 European Union - 27 countries (2007-2013)
- 002 Euro area - 18 countries (2014)
- 003 Euro area - 17 countries (2011-2013)
- 004 Belgium
- 005 Bulgaria
- 006 Czechia
- 007 Denmark
- 008 Germany
- 009 Estonia
- 00a Ireland
- 00b Greece
- 00c Spain
- 00d France
- 00e Croatia
- 00f Italy
- 00g Cyprus
- 00h Latvia
- 00i Lithuania
- 00j Luxembourg
- 00k Hungary
- 00l Malta
- 00m Netherlands
- 00n Austria
- 00o Poland
- 00p Portugal
- 00q Romania
- 00r Slovenia
- 00s Slovakia
- 00t Finland
- 00u Sweden
- 00v Iceland
- 00w Liechtenstein
- 00x Norway
- 00y Switzerland
- 00z United Kingdom
- 010 North Macedonia
- 011 Türkiye
- 012 Russia
- 013 Soviet Union
- 014 South Africa
- 015 Canada
- 016 United States
- 017 Mexico
- 018 Brazil
- 019 China except Hong Kong
- 01a Hong Kong
- 01b Japan
- 01c South Korea
- 01d Taiwan
- 01e India
- 01f Singapore
- 01g Israel
- 01h Australia
- 01i New Zealand
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