LV · 2009 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Latvia, 2009
In 2009, Latvia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 18.2% compared to 2008, reaching 18.
Latvia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 51,367.
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 100.0% (from 9 in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.