CZ · 1999 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Czechia, 1999
In 1999, Czechia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 7.8% compared to 1998, reaching 59.
Czechia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 43,256.
Czechia ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 156.5% (from 23 in 1994).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.