MT · 2007 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Malta, 2007
In 2007, Malta's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 0.0% compared to 2006, reaching 6.
Malta accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 52,947.
Malta ranks 27th 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 50.0% (from 4 in 2002).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.