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

Methods

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- Unit of measure
  - 0 Number
  - 1 Million purchasing power standards (PPS)
  - 2 Purchasing power standard (PPS) per inhabitant
  - 3 Nominal GDP in billion euro
  - 4 Per billion euro of business enterprise expenditure on R&D (BERD)
  - 5 Per billion euro of gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD)
  - 6 Per million inhabitants
  - 7 Per million of active population
- Geopolitical entity (reporting)
  - 00 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
  - 01 European Union - 28 countries (2013-2020)
  - 02 Euro area - 19 countries (from 2015)
  - 03 Euro area - 18 countries (2014)
  - 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 Turkey
  - 11 Russia
  - 12 South Africa
  - 13 Canada
  - 14 United States
  - 15 Mexico
  - 16 Brazil
  - 17 China except Hong Kong
  - 18 Hong Kong
  - 19 Japan
  - 1a South Korea
  - 1b Taiwan
  - 1c India
  - 1d Singapore
  - 1e Israel
  - 1f Australia
  - 1g New Zealand
  - 1h All countries of the world