SK · 2009 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovakia, 2009
In 2009, Slovakia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 22.2% compared to 2008, reaching 28.
Slovakia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,367.
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 40.0% (from 20 in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.