SI · 2012 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovenia, 2012
In 2012, Slovenia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 12.5% compared to 2011, reaching 126.
Slovenia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 51,382.
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 5.0% (from 120 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.