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

In 2007, Greece's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 1.9% compared to 2006, reaching 103.

Greece accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 52,947.

Greece ranks 17th 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 35.5% (from 76 in 2002).

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