BG · 2008 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 2008
In 2008, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 50.0% compared to 2007, reaching 18.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 51,658.
Bulgaria ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 14.3% (from 21 in 2003).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.