CZ · 2017 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Czechia, 2017
In 2017, Czechia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 12.3% compared to 2016, reaching 357.
Czechia accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 49,211.
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 54.5% (from 231 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.