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

In 2007, Slovakia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 5.0% compared to 2006, reaching 38.

Slovakia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 52,947.

Slovakia ranks 19th 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 52.0% (from 25 in 2002).

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