EL · 2006 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Greece, 2006
In 2006, Greece's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 4.5% compared to 2005, reaching 105.
Greece accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 52,599.
Greece ranks 17th 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 47.9% (from 71 in 2001).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.