BG · 1986 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 1986
In 1986, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 50.0% compared to 1985, reaching 10.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 19,141.
Bulgaria ranks 16th out of 17 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.