LU · 2011 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Luxembourg, 2011
In 2011, Luxembourg's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 9.2% compared to 2010, reaching 69.
Luxembourg accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 52,010.
Luxembourg ranks 18th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 35.5% (from 107 in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.