SI · 2008 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovenia, 2008
In 2008, Slovenia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 15.0% compared to 2007, reaching 138.
Slovenia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 51,658.
Slovenia ranks 15th 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 89.0% (from 73 in 2003).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.