SI · 1996 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovenia, 1996
In 1996, Slovenia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 21.7% compared to 1995, reaching 18.
Slovenia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 31,995.
Slovenia ranks 18th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 500.0% (from 3 in 1991).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.