- EU Sustainable Development Goal indicators for Catalonia
- Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Patent applications to the European Patent Office (09.40)
Catalonia | Spain | European Union-27 | |
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Number | 653 | 1,954 (p) Provisional value | 67,713 (p) Provisional value |
Number per million inhabitants | 84.4 | 41.2 (p) Provisional value | 151.4 (p) Provisional value |
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on data of the European Patent Office. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat. | |||
(p) Provisional value. |
Last update: June 10, 2022.
Methodological note
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 applicant listed on the application form. In cases where several applicants are mentioned on the application form, the country of residence of the first applicant listed applies (first-named applicant principle). The country of residence of the (first) applicant is not necessarily the same as the county of residence of the inventor(s). The data show the total number of applications per country and per million inhabitants.
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- Goal 1: No poverty
- Goal 2: Zero hunger
- Goal 3: Good health and well-being
- Goal 4: Quality education
- Goal 5: Gender equality
- Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
- Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
- Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
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Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Gross internal expenditure on R&D in relation to GDP (09.10)
- R&D personnel in relation to the active population (09.30)
- Patent applications to the European Patent Office (09.40)
- Share of rail and inland waterways in total freight transport (09.60)
- Tertiary educational attainment (04.20)
- Replaced indicators
- Goal 10: Reduced inequalities
- Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
- Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
- Goal 13: Climate action
- Goal 14: Life below water
- Goal 15: Life on land
- Goal 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
- Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals