SI · 2014 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovenia, 2014
In 2014, Slovenia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 6.3% compared to 2013, reaching 135.
Slovenia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 51,378.
Slovenia ranks 15th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.8% (from 123 in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.