CZ · 2014 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Czechia, 2014
In 2014, Czechia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 7.6% compared to 2013, reaching 269.
Czechia accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 51,378.
Czechia ranks 13th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 52.8% (from 176 in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.