SI · 1999 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovenia, 1999
In 1999, Slovenia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 20.5% compared to 1998, reaching 31.
Slovenia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 43,256.
Slovenia 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 55.0% (from 20 in 1994).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.