RO · 2012 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Romania, 2012
In 2012, Romania's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 18.3% compared to 2011, reaching 71.
Romania accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,382.
Romania ranks 18th 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 121.9% (from 32 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.