EE · 2009 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Estonia, 2009
In 2009, Estonia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 25.7% compared to 2008, reaching 44.
Estonia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,367.
Estonia ranks 19th 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 450.0% (from 8 in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.