BG · 1984 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 1984
In 1984, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 18.8% compared to 1983, reaching 19.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 16,736.
Bulgaria ranks 15th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.