EL · 2009 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Greece, 2009
In 2009, Greece's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 2.1% compared to 2008, reaching 92.
Greece accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 51,367.
Greece ranks 16th 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 39.4% (from 66 in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.