LV · 2016 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Latvia, 2016
In 2016, Latvia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 19.2% compared to 2015, reaching 21.
Latvia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 50,440.
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 23.5% (from 17 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.