BG · 1989 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 1989
In 1989, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 31.3% compared to 1988, reaching 11.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 24,430.
Bulgaria ranks 16th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 42.1% (from 19 in 1984).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.