LV · 2004 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Latvia, 2004
In 2004, Latvia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 28.6% compared to 2003, reaching 9.
Latvia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 49,854.
Latvia ranks 24th 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 800.0% (from 1 in 1999).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.