Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in London
London: Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications was 46.2 Patents in 2022. ▲ Rising
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in London, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Patents.
Analysis
London recorded 46.2 Patents for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in 2022.
That represents a change of up 11.6% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in London peaked at 71.8 Patents in 2014 and was at its lowest, 31.7 Patents, in 2017.
London ranks 213th of 873 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications in London, year by year
| Year | Patents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 33 Patents | — |
| 2001 | 35.8 Patents | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 33.3 Patents | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 35 Patents | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 43.8 Patents | +25.1% |
| 2005 | 44.1 Patents | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 42.6 Patents | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 55.6 Patents | +30.5% |
| 2008 | 40.8 Patents | -26.6% |
| 2009 | 44.9 Patents | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 47.4 Patents | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 42.6 Patents | -10.1% |
| 2012 | 39.6 Patents | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 39.6 Patents | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 71.8 Patents | +81.3% |
| 2015 | 53.1 Patents | -26.0% |
| 2016 | 53.8 Patents | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 31.7 Patents | -41.1% |
| 2018 | 36.4 Patents | +14.8% |
| 2019 | 48.7 Patents | +33.8% |
| 2020 | 39.8 Patents | -18.3% |
| 2021 | 41.4 Patents | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 46.2 Patents | +11.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.89 Patents | 33 Patents | 55.6 Patents | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.47 Patents | 31.7 Patents | 71.8 Patents | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.47 Patents | 39.8 Patents | 46.2 Patents | 3 |
More environment data for London
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.7 Percentage change (2025)
- Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 2.28 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 27.97 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 5.13 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 21.2 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 12.71 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land -5.31 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime yearly land 7.3 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to nitrogen 54.13 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to ozone 73.68 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in London?
- Total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications in London was 46.2 Patents in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications recorded in London?
- The highest recorded value was 71.8 Patents in 2014.
- What is the lowest total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications recorded in London?
- The lowest recorded value was 31.7 Patents in 2017.
- How does London rank for total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications?
- London ranks 213th out of 873 regions with data for 2022.
- Is total and environment-related patents - fuas — patent applications rising or falling in London?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this London data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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