Patent applications to the European Patent Office at regional level - Issue number 10/2006 - Products Statistics in Focus
High tech patenting is highly concentrated in EU-25 regions. This concentration is linked to some specific regions spread over the EU-25 countries. Only in Finland and in Germany there are several regions concerned which are geographically close. In the biotechnology sector, the EU-25 is reaching the US level in total number of patent applications in 2002.
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Release date: 3 April 2006
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Product code: KS-NS-06-010
Theme: Science and technology
Collection: Statistics in Focus