EE · 2011 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Estonia, 2011
In 2011, Estonia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 28.9% compared to 2010, reaching 27.
Estonia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 52,010.
Estonia ranks 21st out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 28.6% (from 21 in 2006).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.