RO · 2003 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Romania, 2003
In 2003, Romania's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 45.5% compared to 2002, reaching 16.
Romania accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 47,305.
Romania 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 220.0% (from 5 in 1998).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.