Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)

In 2016, Romania's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 5.4% compared to 2015, reaching 98.

Romania accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 50,440.

Romania ranks 17th 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 63.3% (from 60 in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.