Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)

In 2005, Luxembourg's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 14.8% compared to 2004, reaching 98.

Luxembourg accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 51,536.

Luxembourg ranks 18th 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 22.5% (from 80 in 2000).

Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.