Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)

In 1998, Cyprus's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) stood at 2.

Cyprus accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 39,695.

Cyprus ranks 26th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 100.0% (from 1 in 1993).

Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.