BG · 1991 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 1991
In 1991, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 57.1% compared to 1990, reaching 3.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 23,380.
Bulgaria ranks 18th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 70.0% (from 10 in 1986).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.