SK · 2004 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovakia, 2004
In 2004, Slovakia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 35.5% compared to 2003, reaching 20.
Slovakia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 49,854.
Slovakia 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 33.3% (from 15 in 1999).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.