BG · 2013 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 2013
In 2013, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 18.2% compared to 2012, reaching 39.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,387.
Bulgaria ranks 23rd 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 116.7% (from 18 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.