CZ · 2002 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Czechia, 2002
In 2002, Czechia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 28.2% compared to 2001, reaching 91.
Czechia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 45,897.
Czechia ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 106.8% (from 44 in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.