LU · 2004 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Luxembourg, 2004
In 2004, Luxembourg's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 32.2% compared to 2003, reaching 115.
Luxembourg accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 49,854.
Luxembourg ranks 14th 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 85.5% (from 62 in 1999).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.