LV · 2006 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Latvia, 2006
In 2006, Latvia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 5.9% compared to 2005, reaching 16.
Latvia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 52,599.
Latvia 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 grown by 220.0% (from 5 in 2001).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.