BG · 1987 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 1987
In 1987, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 100.0% compared to 1986, reaching 20.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 21,737.
Bulgaria ranks 14th out of 17 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 66.7% (from 12 in 1982).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.