SI · 2017 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Slovenia, 2017
In 2017, Slovenia's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 1.8% compared to 2016, reaching 114.
Slovenia accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 49,211.
Slovenia ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 9.5% (from 126 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.