LU · 2001 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Luxembourg, 2001
In 2001, Luxembourg's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 10.0% compared to 2000, reaching 72.
Luxembourg accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 45,760.
Luxembourg ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 75.6% (from 41 in 1996).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.