SK · 2000 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovakia, 2000
In 2000, Slovakia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 26.7% compared to 1999, reaching 11.
Slovakia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 45,674.
Slovakia ranks 20th 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 83.3% (from 6 in 1995).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.