CZ · 2003 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Czechia, 2003
In 2003, Czechia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 20.9% compared to 2002, reaching 110.
Czechia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 47,305.
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 71.9% (from 64 in 1998).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.