Patent Applications received by the European Patent Office Data shows that number of applications from the US and Japan is larger than any of the European countries The European country with the largest number of applications is Germany.

Size shows number of applications Switzerland has the highest patent application per capita. USA, Japan and Germany have high population, therefore high number of patent applications.

Percent increase in the number of applications between 1992 and 2003 Turkey has the highest percent increase, followed by Lithuania Number of applications from Switzerland decreased in that period Developing countries have higher increase in the number of applications