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

In 2010, Slovakia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 64.3% compared to 2009, reaching 46.

Slovakia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,416.

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 48.4% (from 31 in 2005).

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