RO · 2005 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Romania, 2005
In 2005, Romania's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 21.7% compared to 2004, reaching 28.
Romania accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,536.
Romania ranks 21st 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 366.7% (from 6 in 2000).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.