Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) methods, notes and classification

Methods

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- Unit of measure
  - 00 Number
  - 01 Million purchasing power standards (PPS)
  - 02 Purchasing power standard (PPS) per inhabitant
  - 03 Nominal GDP in billion euro
  - 04 Per billion euro of business enterprise expenditure on R&D (BERD)
  - 05 Per billion euro of gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD)
  - 06 Per million inhabitants
  - 07 Per million of population in the labour force
- Geopolitical entity (reporting)
  - 000 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
  - 001 European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020)
  - 002 Euro area - 19 countries (2015-2022)
  - 003 Euro area - 18 countries (2014)
  - 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 Türkiye
  - 011 Russia
  - 012 South Africa
  - 013 Canada
  - 014 United States
  - 015 Mexico
  - 016 Brazil
  - 017 China except Hong Kong
  - 018 Hong Kong
  - 019 Japan
  - 01a South Korea
  - 01b Taiwan
  - 01c India
  - 01d Singapore
  - 01e Israel
  - 01f Australia
  - 01g New Zealand
  - 01h All countries of the world