Data to download
The expandable sections on this page contain Excel sheets with all the data found in the annual EPO Technology Dashboard. Much of this data is also provided in our statistics and trends centre, a dynamic data visualisation tool. This page also provides data from other patent offices as well as statistics from the five largest IP offices (“IP5”), and EPO performance data including statistics on oppositions (CA/F 5).
- European patent applications filed with the EPO
- Granted patents
- Top applicants and patentees
Data Format File size EPO Technology Dashboard 2025 - Top applicants XLS 30 KB Top 100 applicants 2025 XLS 18 KB Top 25 applicants per leading field of technology in 2025 XLS 28 KB Top 50 Patentees & Unitary Patent uptake 2025 XLS 27 KB Please note that the consolidation process used may lead to some discrepancies with the lists in previous years.
- Top 10 countries
Data Format File size Applications 2025 XLS 20 KB Granted patents 2025 XLS 20 KB Top technical fields 2025 XLS 23 KB - Key data for selected countries
The files below provide an overview of key data on selected countries.
Data Format File size Austria 2025 XLS 33 KB Belgium 2025 XLS 34 KB Denmark 2025 XLS 33 KB Finland 2025 XLS 33 KB France 2025 XLS 37 KB Germany 2025 XLS 39 KB Ireland 2025 XLS 33 KB Italy 2025 XLS 33 KB Japan 2025 XLS 37 KB Netherlands 2025 XLS 35 KB Norway 2025 XLS 33 KB People's Republic of China 2025 XLS 37 KB Poland 2025 XLS 34 KB Portugal 2025 XLS 33 KB Republic of Korea 2025 XLS 34 KB Spain 2025 XLS 34 KB Sweden 2025 XLS 34 KB Switzerland 2025 XLS 37 KB United Kingdom 2025 XLS 34 KB United States 2025 XLS 38 KB - Statistics on the activity at member state offices
Data Format File size National applications in EPC member state offices 2024 XLS 22 KB Granted patents by offices of the EPC member states 2024 XLS 21 KB - IP5 statistics
The IP5 is the forum of the five largest intellectual property offices in the world (CNIPO, EPO, JPO, MOIP, USPTO). In 2024, 3.2 million patent applications were filed at the IP5 Offices and together they granted 1.8 million patents (up from 2.8 million and 1.3 million respectively in 2020).
IP5 Statistics Report 2024
IP5 Statistics Report 2023
IP5 Statistics Report 2022
IP5 Statistics Report 2021
IP5 Statistics Report 2020- Statistics reported to the Administrative Council (CA/F 5)
Document CA/F 5 is published annually for the Administrative Council around mid-November. It summarises the statistics of the previous calendar year with respect to applications, grants, national validations and maintenance of European patents, as well as statistics on opposition procedures. Statistics for appeals can be found in the Annual Reports of the Boards of Appeal.
Data Format File size Statistics 2024 PDF 1.3 MB Statistics 2023 PDF 1.1 MB Statistics 2022 PDF 3.2 MB Statistics 2021 PDF 1.1 MB Statistics 2020 PDF 6.3 MB Statistics 2019 PDF 5 MB Statistics 2018 PDF 1.1 MB Statistics 2017 PDF 1.6 MB Statistics 2016 PDF 1.8 MB