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

In 2007, Czechia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 24.3% compared to 2006, reaching 189.

Czechia accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 52,947.

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 107.7% (from 91 in 2002).

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