BG · 1993 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 1993
In 1993, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 100.0% compared to 1992, reaching 8.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 24,498.
Bulgaria ranks 20th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 50.0% (from 16 in 1988).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.