EE · 2015 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Estonia, 2015
In 2015, Estonia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 58.3% compared to 2014, reaching 38.
Estonia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,545.
Estonia ranks 21st 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 0.0% (from 38 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.