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

In 2010, Czechia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 9.1% compared to 2009, reaching 192.

Czechia accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 51,416.

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 79.4% (from 107 in 2005).

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