EL · 2012 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Greece, 2012
In 2012, Greece's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 18.8% compared to 2011, reaching 101.
Greece accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 51,382.
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 fallen by 1.9% (from 103 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.