LU · 2002 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Luxembourg, 2002
In 2002, Luxembourg's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 16.7% compared to 2001, reaching 60.
Luxembourg accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 45,897.
Luxembourg 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 20.0% (from 50 in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.