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| 1.1. Contact organisation | Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union |
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| 1.2. Contact organisation unit | E2: Environmental statistics and accounts; sustainable development |
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| 1.5. Contact mail address | e-mail contact: ESTAT-SDG-MONITORING@ec.europa.eu |
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| 2.1. Metadata last certified | 10/03/2023 | ||
| 2.2. Metadata last posted | 13/05/2024 | ||
| 2.3. Metadata last update | 13/05/2024 | ||
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The indicator is part of the indicator sets EU Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) indicator set. It is used to monitor progress towards SDG 9 on building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and fostering innovation which is embedded in the European Commission’s Priorities under 'A Europe fit for a digital age', 'An economy that works for people'. SDG 9 calls for building resilient and sustainable infrastructure and promotes inclusive and sustainable industrialisation. It also recognises the importance of research and innovation for finding lasting solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges. New technologies, sustainable solutions and disruptive innovation are critical to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal. Patents reflect a country's inventive activity. Patents also show the capacity of countries and their businesses to exploit knowledge and research results, and translate it into potential economic gains. In this context, indicators based on patent statistics provide a valuable measure of the inventive performance of countries. |
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| 4.1. Data description | |||
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The indicator measures the number of requests for patent protection of an invention filed with the European Patent Office (EPO) regardless of whether they are granted or not. The number of applications include direct European applications filed in the reference year (Direct) and international (PCT) applications for which the applicant(s) opted to protect their invention in Europe by selecting the EPO during the reporting period (PCT regional). Applications are allocated according to the country of residence of the first applicant listed on the application form (first-named applicant principle) as well as according to the country of residence of the inventor. The data show the total number of applications per country and per million inhabitants (using the average population of the reference year as denominator). |
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| 4.2. Unit of measure | |||
Total number and number per million inhabitants. |
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| 4.3. Reference Period | |||
Calendar year. |
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| 4.4. Accuracy - overall | |||
The indicator is produced according to high-level quality standards. Details on accuracy can be found in the metadata of the source dataset. |
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| 4.5. Source data | |||
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European Patent Office (EPO) Data source: European Patents Office (EPO) Data provider: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. |
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| 5.1. Frequency of dissemination | |||
| Every year Indicator is updated annually |
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| 5.2. Timeliness | |||
| T+1 year New data points are disseminated within six months after the reference year. |
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| 6.1. Reference area | |||
| All EU MS Data are presented for all EU Member States plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Serbia and Türkiye. |
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| 6.2. Comparability - geographical | |||
| All EU MS Data are comparable between all EU Member States and the other presented countries. |
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| 6.3. Coverage - Time | |||
| > 10 years Presented time series (including EU aggregates) starts in 2004. |
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| 6.4. Comparability - over time | |||
| > 4 data points Length of comparable time series without methodological breaks is longer than 4 data points. |
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| 7.1. Dissemination format - Publications | |||
The analysis of indicator is presented in Eurostat's annual monitoring report on Sustainable development in the EU (progress towards SDGs in an EU context). |
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| 7.2. Dissemination format - online database | |||
See table sdg_09_40 |
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| 7.3. Dissemination format - other | |||
Eurostat dedicated section on SDGs: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/sdi/overview |
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Copyrights: Eurostat Copyright/Licence Policy is applicable. |
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