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The number of PCT applications entered in the national phase significantly decreased and has been stagnating since Hungary’s accession to the European Patent Convention in 2003. The interest in Hungary observed in the early phase of the international patent applications has been slightly but continuously growing in the past seven years: the number of such application exceeded 200 000 in 2013.
The number of national patent applications was 701 in 2013, which is a 5.7% decrease compared to the previous years. The steady increase of the number of direct applications of foreign applicants observed in the previous years continued last year; however, this level is still under 10% of all applications. The filing activity of domestic applicants decreased by 7%; this was caused also by the fact that favorable tender possibilities of 2012 could not be used, or only with limitations, in 2013.

See further data and statistics of patent information activities in Annual Report 2013 (pages: 44-51), and of utility model activities (pages: 52-53): http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hivatalrol/index.html

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Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.

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