BG · 2005 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 2005
In 2005, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 35.3% compared to 2004, reaching 23.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 51,536.
Bulgaria ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 228.6% (from 7 in 2000).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.