Number of patent applications to the EPO - Ranking

United Kingdom श्रेणी Research and Development

Number of patent applications to the EPO (Per million of inhabitants)

	1990	2000	2005	2010	2011	2012
North East	26	49	57	51	73	49
North West	48	79	74	59	61	39
East Midlands	41	86	83	82	102	63
West Midlands	42	75	62	73	64	59
London	47	80	68	63	64	56
Scotland		65	61	63	61	49
Yorkshire and The Humber	28	64	59	49	49	35
East of England	108	181	175	122	113	90
South East	93	175	160	143	137	109
South West	50	117	101	101	109	92
Wales	24	50	35	37	47	36
Northern Ireland	7	29	37	27	33	38