 |
European patents per million population
|
Country
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
2001
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Belgium
|
81
|
92
|
102
|
120
|
130
|
na
|
|
Denmark
|
112
|
129
|
132
|
155
|
177
|
na
|
|
Germany
|
165
|
185
|
217
|
245
|
270
|
na
|
|
Greece
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
na
|
|
Spain
|
12
|
14
|
17
|
19
|
21
|
na
|
|
France
|
93
|
99
|
107
|
122
|
128
|
na
|
|
Ireland
|
14
|
39
|
33
|
51
|
70
|
na
|
|
Italy
|
46
|
49
|
54
|
61
|
67
|
na
|
|
Luxembourg
|
73
|
85
|
131
|
133
|
195
|
na
|
|
Netherlands
|
110
|
138
|
156
|
171
|
184
|
na
|
|
Austria
|
92
|
100
|
109
|
131
|
135
|
na
|
|
Portugal
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
na
|
|
Finland
|
163
|
183
|
226
|
265
|
283
|
na
|
|
Sweden
|
192
|
246
|
272
|
287
|
306
|
na
|
|
UK
|
74
|
84
|
89
|
96
|
113
|
na
|
|
EU-15
|
88
|
99
|
112
|
126
|
139
|
154
|
|
US
|
101
|
103
|
120
|
130
|
144
|
165
|
|
Japan
|
98
|
108
|
124
|
128
|
135
|
175
|
Notes:
Data: EPO; Sources and treatments: OST
2001: data for EU-15, US, Japan are estimated
Methodology and analyses: Key
Figures 2001. Updates: Key
Figures 2002
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