Bulgaria - Patent applications

Patent applications, nonresidents

Patent applications, nonresidents in Bulgaria was 7.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 871.00 in 1981, while its lowest value was 7.00 in 2019.

Definition: Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

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Year Value
1980 804.00
1981 871.00
1982 717.00
1983 728.00
1984 738.00
1985 248.00
1986 211.00
1987 311.00
1988 253.00
1989 267.00
1990 331.00
1991 326.00
1992 351.00
1993 152.00
1994 531.00
1995 363.00
1996 407.00
1997 538.00
1998 524.00
1999 616.00
2000 709.00
2001 785.00
2002 735.00
2003 680.00
2004 133.00
2005 52.00
2006 48.00
2007 28.00
2008 22.00
2009 24.00
2010 17.00
2011 21.00
2012 14.00
2013 15.00
2014 16.00
2015 11.00
2016 11.00
2017 23.00
2018 18.00
2019 7.00
2020 7.00

Patent applications, residents

The latest value for Patent applications, residents in Bulgaria was 239.00 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 3,843.00 in 1984 and 1.00 in 1986.

Definition: Patent applications are worldwide patent applications filed through the Patent Cooperation Treaty procedure or with a national patent office for exclusive rights for an invention--a product or process that provides a new way of doing something or offers a new technical solution to a problem. A patent provides protection for the invention to the owner of the patent for a limited period, generally 20 years.

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), WIPO Patent Report: Statistics on Worldwide Patent Activity. The International Bureau of WIPO assumes no responsibility with respect to the transformation of these data.

See also:

Year Value
1980 3,297.00
1981 3,673.00
1982 3,628.00
1983 3,811.00
1984 3,843.00
1985 2.00
1986 1.00
1987 3.00
1988 6.00
1989 63.00
1990 198.00
1991 422.00
1992 329.00
1993 412.00
1994 319.00
1995 368.00
1996 316.00
1997 394.00
1998 274.00
1999 282.00
2000 231.00
2001 283.00
2002 289.00
2003 278.00
2004 263.00
2005 261.00
2006 243.00
2007 211.00
2008 249.00
2009 242.00
2010 243.00
2011 262.00
2012 245.00
2013 282.00
2014 218.00
2015 280.00
2016 230.00
2017 202.00
2018 180.00
2019 186.00
2020 239.00

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology