SI · 2013 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovenia, 2013
In 2013, Slovenia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 0.8% compared to 2012, reaching 127.
Slovenia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 51,387.
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 fallen by 8.0% (from 138 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.