LU · 2006 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Luxembourg, 2006
In 2006, Luxembourg's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 9.2% compared to 2005, reaching 107.
Luxembourg accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 52,599.
Luxembourg ranks 15th 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 48.6% (from 72 in 2001).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.