LV · 2008 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Latvia, 2008
In 2008, Latvia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 46.7% compared to 2007, reaching 22.
Latvia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 51,658.
Latvia ranks 23rd 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 214.3% (from 7 in 2003).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.