Luxembourg vs Porto: Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications

Luxembourg
78.2 Patents
in 2022
Porto
45.8 Patents
in 2022
Luxembourg rank
1st
Porto rank
3rd

Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications over time

  • Luxembourg
  • Porto
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How they compare

Luxembourg currently reports 78.2 Patents against 45.8 Patents in Porto, a difference of 32.4 Patents.

That makes Luxembourg's figure about 1.7 times Porto's.

Across all 23 years both countries report, Luxembourg has been ahead every year.

Luxembourg ranks 1st and Porto ranks 3rd of 1 countries.

Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Luxembourg Porto Difference Ahead
2000s 42.66 Patents 13.4 Patents 29.26 Patents Luxembourg
2010s 68.26 Patents 33.92 Patents 34.34 Patents Luxembourg
2020s 88.27 Patents 51.6 Patents 36.67 Patents Luxembourg

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications, Luxembourg or Porto?
Luxembourg, at 78.2 Patents against 45.8 Patents in Porto as of 2022.
What is the difference in total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications between Luxembourg and Porto?
32.4 Patents, with Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Porto?
23 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do Luxembourg and Porto rank globally for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications?
Luxembourg ranks 1st and Porto ranks 3rd of 1 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications
Unit
Patents
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
881 places, 18,136 data points, 2000–2022
Last refreshed

This dataset provides indicators on total and environment-related patents in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs). The indicator is defined as the fractional count of (environment-related) patent applications. Data sources and methodology The indicator uses patent applications filled under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) at the World International Property Organisation (WIPO) from the OECD, STI Micro-data Lab Intellectual Property Database, http://oe.cd/ipstats. Patents are allocated to FUAs based on the postal addresses of inventors. The year refers to the date the patent application was filed. Patents are classified as environment-related following their technology domain, obtained from the methodology of the Environment-related technologies patents national-level dataset (database documentation). Environment-related patents include patents on climate change mitigation, environmental management, sustainable ocean economy and climate change adaptation technologies. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Environment-related patents - FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org