EE · 2013 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Estonia, 2013
In 2013, Estonia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 17.4% compared to 2012, reaching 27.
Estonia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,387.
Estonia ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 22.9% (from 35 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.