BG · 2002 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Bulgaria, 2002
In 2002, Bulgaria's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 6.7% compared to 2001, reaching 14.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 45,897.
Bulgaria ranks 21st 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 100.0% (from 7 in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.