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

In 2017, Romania's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 1.0% compared to 2016, reaching 99.

Romania accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 49,211.

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 39.4% (from 71 in 2012).

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