MT · 2005 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Malta, 2005
In 2005, Malta's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 83.3% compared to 2004, reaching 11.
Malta accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 51,536.
Malta ranks 25th 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 175.0% (from 4 in 2000).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.