SI · 2003 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovenia, 2003
In 2003, Slovenia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 12.0% compared to 2002, reaching 73.
Slovenia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 47,305.
Slovenia ranks 17th 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 87.2% (from 39 in 1998).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.