MT · 2009 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Malta, 2009
In 2009, Malta's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 40.0% compared to 2008, reaching 7.
Malta accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 51,367.
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 16.7% (from 6 in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.