Data on the numbers of patent applications in the field of electrical engineering filed with the European Patent Office in 2020 shows that overall, applications for electrical engineering patents amounted to over 40 thousand, with the largest share of applicants from the digital communications category at 11.9 thousand. This was followed by computer technology at roughly 14.1 thousand and electrical machinery, apparatus, energy at 11 thousand.
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