BG · 1988 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 1988
In 1988, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 20.0% compared to 1987, reaching 16.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 23,455.
Bulgaria ranks 16th 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 0.0% (from 16 in 1983).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.