European patents granted in pharmaceuticals 2023, by country

This statistic displays the number of European patents granted in the pharmaceutical industry in 2023, by country of origin. In that year, 957 patents were granted to applications from the United States, while Japan followed with 231 patents granted.

Number of European patents granted in the pharmaceutical industry in 2023, by country of origin

Characteristic	Number of applications
United States	957
Japan	231
P.R. China	174
Germany	172
Switzerland	122
France	111
South Korea	109
Italy	104
United Kingdom	102
Israel	61
Netherlands	54
Denmark	53
Sweden	53
Belgium	52
Spain	48
Chinese Taipei	40
Canada	39
Australia	35
Ireland	31
Austria	18
Norway	17
Türkiye	17
Poland	15
Greece	13
Finland	9
Czech Republic	8
Portugal	8
Luxembourg	6
Liechtenstein	4
Malta	3
Hungary	3
Slovenia	3
Cyprus	2
North Macedonia	1
Monaco	1
Other countries	89

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Release date

2024

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

The geographic origin is based on the country of residence of the first patentee listed on the published patent. In cases where several patentees are mentioned on the published patent, the country of residence of the first patentee listed applies.

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