SI · 2001 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovenia, 2001
In 2001, Slovenia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 4.1% compared to 2000, reaching 51.
Slovenia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 45,760.
Slovenia ranks 17th 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 183.3% (from 18 in 1996).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.