BG · 2015 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 2015
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
31
Bulgaria, 2015
▼ 34.0% vs 2014 (47)
Analysis
In 2015, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 34.0% compared to 2014, reaching 31.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 51,545.
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 93.8% (from 16 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2015
#22 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2015
0.1%
EU-27: 51,545
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2003 2017
Source:
Eurostat · pat_ep_ntot