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

In 2016, Czechia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 7.8% compared to 2015, reaching 318.

Czechia accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 50,440.

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 43.2% (from 222 in 2011).

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