The European Patent Office has for the first time in its five-decade history received more than 200,000 patent applications in a year, according to the Office’s annual Patent Index published on Tuesday.
The Office's annual Patent Index shows that demand reached 201,974 filings in 2025, which is up 1.4 per cent on the year before as innovation in artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing and next-generation wireless communications drives a new wave of intellectual property.
