Luxembourg, 19/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - In 1999, close to 45,000 patent applications have been filed by the EU Member States with the European Patent Office (EPO), which corresponds to an increase of 40% compared to 1990. With some 44% of Community applications and close to 500 applications per million people, it is Germany that proves to be the most dynamic country in this field. Below are the main elements of a report that has just been published by Eurostat.
In 1999, 37% of patent...