EE · 2008 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Estonia, 2008
In 2008, Estonia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 25.0% compared to 2007, reaching 35.
Estonia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,658.
Estonia ranks 20th 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 218.2% (from 11 in 2003).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.