Trends in patent filing activities in the EEC

European Commission Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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• European Patent Convention
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Commission of the European Communities
information management
Trends in patent filing activities in the EEC
A contribution to the study and assessment
of the technological trends developing in the EEC
from 1969 to 1980,
based on a statistical analysis of patents "l > tp^H'i L
Commission of the European Communities
Information management
Trends in patent filing activities in the EEC
A contribution to the study and assessment
of the technological trends developing in the EEC
from 1969 to 1980,
based on a statistical analysis of patents
H. Grevink, H. Kronz
Commission of the European Communities
Directorate-General 'Information Market
and Innovation'
L-2920 Luxembourg
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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Directorate-General
Information Market and Innovation
Batiment Jean Monnet
LUXEMBOURG
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Luxembourg, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1985
ISBN 92-825-5320-5 Catalogue number: CD-NU-85-002-EN-C
© ECSC-EEC-EAEC, Brussels • Luxembourg, 1985
Printed in Belgium - Ill -
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 3
PART I - TEE EVOLUTION OF THE NUMBER
OF PATENT APPLICATIONS IN THE EEC 5
in the EEC (with comparison to USA
and Japan) 6
in the EEC (more detailed) 14
in some other countries (for comparison) 2
in Belgium 27
in F.R. Germany8
in Denmark9
in France 30
in the United Kingdom1
in Greece2
in Ireland3
in Italy4
in Luxembourg5
in the Netherlands 36
in Spain7
in Portugal8
in the USA9
in Japan 40
Patent applications filed by nationals
and/or residents of the EEC countries
in these countries1 - IV -
PART II - PATENT APPLICATIONS FILED IN THE EEC
CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO IPC-CLASSES 43
Patent applications filed in some
EEC countries together and subdivided
"by IPC class 44
Patent applications filed in some
EEC countries together and subdivided
according to country of first filing
and IPC class 52
Patent applications filed in some
EEC countries separately and subdivided
by IPC class 84
Patent applications filed in some
EEC countries separately and subdivided
by IPC class and country of origin 98
in Belgium 99
in F.R. Germany 12
in France 15
in the United Kingdom 18
in the Netherlands 21- V -
PART III - PATENT APPLICATIONS FILED IN THE EEC
CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO NACE-CLASSES 249
Patent applications filed in some
EEC countries together and subdivided
"by NACE class 250
Patent applications filed in some
EEC countries together and subdivided
according to country of first filing
and NACE class 253
Patent applications filed in some
EEC countries separately and subdivided
by NACE class 265
Patent applications filed in some
EEC countries separately and subdivided
according to NACE class and country
of origin 271
in Belgium 272
in F.R. Germany 284
in France 296
in the United Kingdom 308
in the Netherlands 320
APPENDIX 1 INTERNATIONAL PATENT CLASSIFICATION (IPC) 333
APPENDIX 2 NACE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM 343
APPENDIX 3 LITERATURE ON CONCORDANCES BETWEEN 347
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS - 1 -
INTRODUCTION
This report contains statistical data (time-series) of the trends in
patent filing activities in the EEC from 1969 "to I98O, more precisely
for the following Member States :
Belgium
Federal Republic of Germany
Prance
Netherlands
United Kingdom
The purpose of the report is to offer "basic data for studies concerning
issues like R&D or Innovation indicators.
As to the details of the material used, the reader is referred to the
Selection Table hereafter, which presents the number of published patent
applications covered by the information source on which the present
report (except Part I) is based.
The report is composed of 3 parts :
- Part I is a presentation of the publicly available statistical
data of the WIPO for all the EEC Member States, Portugal,
Spain, USA and Japan, covering the filing years 1969-1982;
- Part 2 is a presentation of the material according to the techno­
logical classes of the IPC, as a function of the countries
of origin of the inventions;
- Part 3 is a statistical presentation of the material of Part 2
according to the NACE classification system, leading to an
industry-oriented technology pattern.
The statistical material used for this report was kindly placed at our
disposal by the European Patent Office (EPO). - 2 -
Selection Table
^*\country
BE DE PR GB NL
yea^v.
62198 1969 44687 19327 17209 41589
38696 18702 I696O 4648O 1970 61343
17788 16252 62518 1971 46505 36727
-!» 45685 1972 60933 38344 17469
45606 40972 1973 14099 61719 17419
14362 37422 42215 I6504 1974 58485
13046 55672 14943 39397 34647 1975
1976 12638 38930 36110 14398 55804
38986 12383 55478 14337 1977 35355
36182 36129 12400 1978 10418 53175
6964 48701 9211 31097 1979 30375
6916 1980 26920 25930 4953 42915
This table presents the number of published patent applications
covered by the information source on which the present report
(except Part i) is "based.