BG · 1992 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 1992
In 1992, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 33.3% compared to 1991, reaching 4.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 23,505.
Bulgaria ranks 20th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 80.0% (from 20 in 1987).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.