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Protections valid in Hungary broken down by title of protection
Patents 15390 (2011) 16699 (2012)
Of them:
Patents granted following the national way 5227 (2011) 4769 (2012)
Valid European Patents 10163 (2011) 11930 (2012)
Plant variety 77 (2011) 82 (2012)
Community plant variety 18757 (2011) 20362 (2012)
Supplementary protection certificate 112 (2011) 125 (2012)
Utility models 926 (2011) 955 (2012)
PATENTS
Hungarian patents filing activity abroad
Of them:
PCT applications originating from Hungary 142 (2011) 157 (2012)
Of them:
by using receiving office services of the HIPO 131 (2011) 146 (2012)
European applications originating from Hungary 168 (2011) 180 (2012)
Of them:
by using receiving office services of the HIPO 25 (2011) 16 (2012)
and filed directly at the EPO 143 (2011) 164 (2012)
Main figures of patent cases aimed at Hungary and filed following the national route - from Hungary and directly abroad - under international cooperations
Cases submitted under international treaties
PCT designations 181900 (2011) 194779 (2012)*
Filing the translation of the text of European patents (validation) 3218 (2011) 3342 (2012)
Filing the translation of European claims 11 (2011) 1 (2012)
Granted European patents designating HU 40372 (2011) 47485 (2012)
Domestic applications 660 (2011) 689 (2012)
Foreign applications filed following the national route 33 (2011) 54 (2012)
Requests for national procedure deriving from earlier PCT designations
5 (2011) 5 (2012)
Figures of patent granting procedures
Granted and validated patents 3195 (2011) 3278 (2012)
Of them:
Validation of European patents 2750 (2011) 2837 (2012)
Patents granted following the national route 445 (2011) 441 (2012)
Of them:
Granted domestic patents
205 (2011) 96 (2012)
Refusals 27 2011) 37 (2012)
Lapse 1430 (2011) 1108 (2012)
Terminations 4652 (2011) 4423 (2012)
Pending patent cases 5976 (2011) 5934 (2012)
SUPPLEMENTARY PROTECTION CERTIFICATE
In 2012, a total of 32 new applications for supplementary protection certificates (SPC) were received by the Office. Over the period concerned, 14 certificates were granted, 5 cases ended with refusals and 3 with withdrawals. The Office received 3 applications for extension of time of supplementary protection certificate; decision on extension with 6 months was granted in 2 cases. The number of the pending cases (the total number of applications for SPC in respect of medicinal and plant protection products) was 133 at the end of the year.
PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
The HIPO received 25 new applications for plant variety protection. In case of procedures completed during the year, protection was granted in 12 cases, 6 ended in lapse and 84 applications for plant variety protection were pending at the end of the year.
Currently, 82 national plant variety protections valid in Hungary (in addition to this, 124 earlier patent protections) are registered by the HIPO, from which only one is owned by foreign right holder. As a result of Hungary's accession to the European Union, the effect of Community plant variety rights extends to Hungary as well. In 2012, the Community Plant Variety Office received a total of 2868 applications for Community plant variety rights; at the end of the year 20362 protection were in force.
UTILITY MODELS
Breakdown of utility model applications filed following the national route by the origine of applications
Domestic applications
Individual 186 (2011) 171 (2012)
Institutional 53 (2011) 62 (2012)
Total 239 (2011) 233 (2012)
Foreign applications
Individual 12 (2011) 6 (2012)
Institutional 19 (2011) 22 (2012)
Total 31 (2011) 28
Total number of utility model applications 270 (2011) 261 (2012)
Figures of utility model granting procedures in Hungary
Granted utility models 209 (2011) 131 (2012)
Refused applications 9 (2011) 11 (2012)
Lapsed applications 117 (2011) 91 (2012)
Completed applications 335 (2011) 233 (2012)
Pending applications 94 (2011) 127 (2012)
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