BG · 1990 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 1990
In 1990, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 36.4% compared to 1989, reaching 7.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 23,401.
Bulgaria ranks 16th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 65.0% (from 20 in 1985).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.