Statistical Country Profiles

Bulgaria

Population (Million): 7.48 (2011) (Rank = 96)
Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2005 US$ (PPP)): 88.21 (2011) (Rank = 64)
IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy
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    Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2005 US$)
    1997 411 4,526 290 51.44
    1998 284 3,421 224 53.94
    1999 307 4,341 319 55.00
    2000 267 5,244 387 58.15
    2001 315 5,273 497 60.57
    2002 324 5,983 590 63.38
    2003 335 8,369 633 66.87
    2004 475 9,238 750 71.38
    2005 407 12,533 675 75.92
    2006 388 13,243 580 80.91
    2007 347 17,120 1,721 86.08
    2008 430 17,415 1,329 91.42
    2009 397 15,815 1,834 86.39
    2010 391 18,233 2,155 86.74
    2011 395 20,252 2,498 88.21
    Patent Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 394 36 538 43 17 44
    1998 274 44 524 43 10 64
    1999 282 41 616 42 25 53
    2000 231 52 709 45 36 50
    2001 283 47 785 39 32 52
    2002 295 47 735 39 29 60
    2003 291 49 680 40 44 69
    2004 279 47 133 70 196 46
    2005 272 51 52 81 135 50
    2006 255 51 48 77 133 48
    2007 227 54 28 79 120 58
    2008 264 49 22 84 166 54
    2009 259 52 24 75 138 58
    2010 252 55 17 79 139 57
    2011 278 47 21 75 117 63
    Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (1997 - 2011)
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    Field of Technology Share
    Other special machines 7.01
    Engines, pumps, turbines 6.52
    Civil engineering 6.36
    Pharmaceuticals 5.78
    Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 5.51
    Transport 5.29
    Medical technology 4.65
    Basic materials chemistry 4.33
    Computer technology 4.14
    Materials, metallurgy 4.04
    Others 46.37
    Patent Grants
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 187 38 261 46 10 39
    1998 185 38 349 38 8 39
    1999 204 35 329 45 18 41
    2000 144 39 337 43 21 41
    2001 132 43 293 44 21 39
    2002 125 41 252 46 40 40
    2003 106 46 288 42 26 61
    2004 88 43 213 44 15 65
    2005 85 52 233 44 55 47
    2006 73 57 248 46 30 54
    2007 71 52 199 46 90 45
    2008 99 52 173 51 55 57
    2009 138 46 109 52 60 56
    2010 124 47 130 52 89 50
    2011 69 52 67 61 67 58
    Patents in Force
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    Year Patents in Force Rank
    2004 2,018 35
    2005 2,203 35
    2006 3,441 29
    2007 2,046 34
    2008 4,981 30
    2009 5,919 34
    2010 6,812 35
    2011 7,399 31
    Utility Model Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 128 19 1 27    
    1998 89 23 3 27 2 35
    1999 105 25 3 33 1 39
    2000 106 23 1 35    
    2001 106 23     4 36
    2002 127 21     2 56
    2003 126 23 1 36 3 52
    2004 96 26     5 39
    2005 84 28 4 34 3 44
    2006 92 28 4 34 3 42
    2007         1 67
    2008 130 27 13 36 3 53
    2009 170 28 8 36 6 49
    2010 165 29 13 34 1 72
    2011 207 26 17 32 2 70
    Trademark Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 2,665 45 5,909 45 1,861 34
    1998 2,163 51 5,945 44 1,258 37
    1999 3,210 46 5,572 47 1,131 39
    2000 3,256 54 5,962 49 1,988 38
    2001 3,508 46 5,894 52 1,765 39
    2002 4,043 44 5,576 50 1,940 42
    2003 5,225 40 6,385 44 3,144 41
    2004 5,974 41 6,499 40 3,264 40
    2005 6,757 41 7,861 35 5,776 37
    2006 7,677 41 8,410 32 5,566 41
    2007 7,119 39 5,671 49 10,001 33
    2008 6,596 41 4,538 60 10,819 33
    2009 4,880 41 3,326 59 10,935 33
    2010 4,712 43 2,738 67 13,521 30
    2011 4,527 40 2,568 69 15,725 31
    Trademark Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 2,319 32 5,855 39 1,288 30
    1998 1,999 38 5,745 43 866 36
    1999 2,020 39 5,322 42 1,170 35
    2000 1,318 45 5,239 48 1,846 30
    2001 1,208 46 5,361 45 1,413 32
    2002 1,681 43 5,215 46 1,865 29
    2003 2,233 36 5,995 38 2,682 33
    2004 2,687 34 5,882 34 3,000 36
    2005 2,845 43 7,113 28 4,694 37
    2006 2,905 37 7,436 29 4,663 39
    2007 4,295 36 5,776 37 4,614 42
    2008 4,490 35 5,523 43 6,924 39
    2009 4,113 34 3,634 49 8,643 36
    2010 3,053 42 3,203 51 10,581 35
    2011 2,428 45 3,067 57 10,983 32
    Industrial Design Applications
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 278 34 28 47 12 36
    1998 198 40 529 37 26 42
    1999 283 37 538 37 36 40
    2000 341 37 541 39 46 36
    2001 421 34 570 40 76 35
    2002 497 30 542 39 93 30
    2003 503 29 577 42 130 44
    2004 498 32 530 35 252 40
    2005 550 33 512 30 125 60
    2006 417 39 500 34 163 49
    2007 404 40 281 48 1,317 31
    2008 308 44 67 66 1,021 36
    2009 348 41 36 75 1,486 32
    2010 272 44 23 82 1,883 31
    2011 271 45 22 85 2,227 28
    Industrial Design Registrations
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997 163 33 264 30 3 42
    1998 153 36 522 34 21 42
    1999 209 33 521 32 42 37
    2000 196 34 549 35 48 34
    2001 202 36 552 37 71 32
    2002 287 34 535 38 90 28
    2003 358 32 553 37 103 39
    2004 510 26 501 36 224 40
    2005     462 33 69 70
    2006 319 39 497 31 186 46
    2007 279 41 288 44 993 34
    2008 41 59 57 64 1,106 34
    2009 256 38 42 62 1,328 33
    2010 206 43 24 76 1,601 31
    2011 328 39 23 81 1,984 29
    International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties
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    Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank
    1998 19 42 38 25    
    1999 27 41 41 25    
    2000 35 41 104 23 5 19
    2001 20 49 77 25 5 18
    2002 31 44 87 26 10 17
    2003 45 42 183 20 8 15
    2004 24 50 334 20 9 10
    2005 22 53 391 19 6 10
    2006 25 50 426 18 5 14
    2007 29 52 431 20 6 12
    2008 28 52 387 20 14 12
    2009 25 55 331 19 8 18
    2010 33 51 257 25 9 22
    2011 28 52 189 28 16 20
    2012 33 55 269 23 10 23
    PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2012)
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    Applicant Publication Rank
    ASSAREL-MEDET AD 3 5206
    'MAUER LOCKING SYSTEMS'LTD 2 7163
    MECHATRONICA SC 2 7163
    'KEIT'LTD 1 12051
    ADD - BULGARIA OOD 1 12051
    ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESEARCH COMPANY LTD 1 12051
    ARSENAL JSCO 1 12051
    D-A-DINKO BAHOV ET 1 12051
    KCM 2000 AD 1 12051
    LB BULGARICUM PLC 1 12051
    PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)
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    Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank
    1997         5 43
    1998         1 68
    1999         5 58
    2000         17 46
    2001         16 47
    2002 5 31     16 53
    2003 5 35     12 59
    2004 11 38 128 43 90 43
    2005 9 40 39 50 78 45
    2006 11 39 40 46 46 49
    2007 13 39 23 47 57 54
    2008 11 43 14 48 65 53
    2009 12 44 19 44 24 65
    2010 8 49 10 59 52 60
    2011 16 45 6 61 50 61
    Source: WIPO statistics database. Last updated : 05/2013
  • The statistics are based on data collected from IP offices or extracted from the PATSTAT database (for statistics by field of technology). Data might be missing for some years and offices or may be incomplete for some origins. The data relating to population and gross domestic product (GDP) are from the UN Statistics Division and the World Bank.
  • A resident filing refers to an application filed in the country by its own resident; whereas a non-resident filing refers to the one filed by a foreign applicant. An abroad filing refers to an application filed by this country's resident at a foreign office.
  • Where an office provides total filings without breaking them down into resident and non-resident filings, WIPO divides the total count using the historical share of resident filings at that office.
  • IP filings and Economy lists patent, trademark and industrial design filings worldwide by applicants from this country (resident + abroad).
  • One filing at the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) or the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) is treated as equavalent of multiple abroad filings at each member state; whereas one filing at the European Patent Office (EPO) or the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is counted as one abroad filing due to lack of information on designation.
  • Bulgaria is a member of the European Patent Convention from 2002. Patent filings by residents of this country at the European Patent Office (EPO) are considered both resident and abroad filings via regional office. Due to lack of information on designation, filings by other nationals at the EPO are not counted as non-resident filings for Bulgaria.
  • Bulgaria is a member of the European Union. Trademark and industrial design filings by residents of this country at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) are considered both resident and abroad filings via regional office; filings by other nationals at OHIM are considered non-resident filings via regional office for Bulgaria.
  • Contact information: Economics and Statistics Division, WIPO. Tel.: +41-22-338-91-11, email: Ipstats.mail@wipo.int.
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