BG · 1994 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 1994
In 1994, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 62.5% compared to 1993, reaching 3.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 25,947.
Bulgaria ranks 23rd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 72.7% (from 11 in 1989).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.