Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2025 submitted by Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

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I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PATENT INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

  • Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of patent information activities and expected time frames for their realization
  • New projects launched or resumed this year in the context of the policies and plans mentioned above, short description:  aims, partners, tasks
  • Main areas of patent information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year

For the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office, 2025 confirmed the growing significance of intellectual property protection within Hungary’s innovation ecosystem, as stakeholders increasingly recognize the value of intellectual assets and make more conscious and strategic use of the mechanisms available for their protection and exploitation. 

The medium-term institutional strategy, adopted in 2025, reaffirmed the Office’s mission: to contribute to enhancing domestic innovation and competitiveness through strengthening the protection of intellectual property. The strategy identifies customer-centric development of services, further improving digitalisation, and strengthening of international presence as key objectives. In addition, it places emphasis on active cooperation with the stakeholders of the innovation ecosystem, particularly with universities, research institutes, and enterprises, as well as on the development of awareness-raising activities.

Important achievement of 2025 was the enhancement of international presence. The Office’s experts played an active role in European and global working groups and also contributed to shaping international policy dialogue through earning several leadership positions in such groups. International cooperation not only enhances the recognition of the Hungarian intellectual property protection system but also creates opportunities for domestic experience to be incorporated into international practice and for best practices to be introduced in Hungary.

Digital competencies and IT developments also played a decisive role in the Office’s operations. In 2025, electronic administration expanded further, with a significant proportion of submissions already being received online, enabling more efficient and customer-friendly operations. An important milestone in digitalisation, communication, and customer information was the launch of the Office’s new website, renewed both in content and appearance, providing a structured and modern platform for customers and other parties interested. In addition, new webform-based filing system, data warehouse-based reporting solution, and modern data management developments also supported efficient operations.

It gives added significance to the period under review that in 2026 HIPO celebrates the 130th anniversary of its establishment, and preparations for this event constituted a defining element of the Office’s activities in 2025.

The activity of Hungarian applicants showed growth across multiple forms of protection, while the HIPO has continued to ensure the efficient and highly professional execution of its official functions despite an increasing workload. The rise in nationally filed patent applications originating from Hungary reflects that domestic inventors, enterprises, and research institutes — and particularly universities — are paying growing attention to the legal protection of their inventions, recognizing the economic and strategic significance of patent rights.


  • Statistics:  changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to previous year;  trends or areas experiencing rapid changes

Despite international stagnation, filing numbers in Hungary developed positively in 2025 again, as clear increase was observed in several forms of protection.

The number of patent applications filed through the national route increased by 11 %, while the number of utility model applications also increased, by 18 %, respectively.

More informations:   Facts & Figures 2025 pp 9.

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

Industrial Property and Copyright Review: Iparjogvédelmi és Szerzői Jogi Szemle | Szellemi Tulajdon Nemzeti Hivatala

Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Annual Report: Facts & Figures 2025

II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) – URLs

Further IT developments were initiated during the year, including the development of a new, user-friendly electronic application system aimed at simplifying the application process for customers by replacing and modernizing the existing system.

  • Availability of the application dossier in electronic form

e-filing: https://ugyintezes.sztnh.gov.hu/eBej2/step1

IPform: IPForm - Szellemi Tulajdon Nemzeti Hivatala

E-dossier: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-iratbetekintes/?lang=EN 

  • Classification2, preclassification3 (if applicable), reclassification4   activities; classification system used (e.g., International Patent  Classification (IPC)), matters concerning indexing of patent information

Classification: https://classifications.sztnh.gov.hu/ipc/; International Patent Classification (IPC) | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

  • Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents

IP-Search: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-kutatas/?lang=EN

Form and Fees: Fees | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

Q&A: Tudásbázis | Szellemi Tulajdon Nemzeti Hivatala

  • Other activities 

More informations: Patent | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Main types of publications of the Office (patent applications, full text, first pages, abstracts, bibliographic data, granted patents, etc.), medium (on paper, on CDs, online – URLs)

E-dossier: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-iratbetekintes/?lang=EN

IP-Search: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-kutatas/?lang=EN

  • Official Gazettes:  main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online – URL), etc.

Official Gazette: Gazette | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

  • Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases

Databases: EPOQUENET system, EP-REG, Espacenet, Clarivate Analytics

  • Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)

E-dossier: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-iratbetekintes/?lang=EN

  • Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)

IP-Search: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-kutatas/?lang=EN

IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office:  general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements
  • Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office
  • Internal databases:  coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources
  • Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file:  file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file
  • Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)
  • Other matters

Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Annual Report: 48-49 pp. Facts & Figures 2025

The most important IT development tasks performed in 2025 by the IT department were the following:

  • Árfor (Nice Class Hun-English translator application)
  • eSignature (HIPO electronic signature microservice integration with BO)
  • ELO_Numbering (ELO Application number service)
  • Acsepto (HIPO Similarity search system)
  • CTI – Former TM/DS View (Former TM DS View service to be replaced by CTI)
  • WIPO IF (WIPO International TM interface for bilateral communication)
  • EPUB (HIPO Publication database and search services)
  • SAP (HIPO Accounting system for payment integration)
  • Authentication (Authentication infra service integration)
  • User-Roles-Groups (User roles and groups management)
  • Audit (Log management)
  • Kibana (Reporting tool)
  • Software Package (Overall architecture document)
  • Alfresco (EUIPO Document Management System)
  • ELO Correspondence ELO eFiling,
  • Decision Desktop (EUIPO Letter management tool)
  • IPform (user-friendly electronic application system)

V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF PATENT INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • Patent library:  equipment, collection management, network of patent libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign patent libraries

Library: sztnh.gov.hu/en/services/janos-frecskay-special-library

  • Publications related to different business procedures and patent information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.

Online catalogue: https://sztnh.opac3.monguz.hu/en/search

Publications: Publications | Hungarian Intellectual Property Office

  • Office’s initiatives on providing foreign patent information in the local language(s) (e.g., machine translation tools, translation of abstracts)
  • Cooperation with universities, research centers, technology and innovation support centers, etc.
  • Education and training:  training courses, e learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.

Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Annual Report: 32-41 pp. Facts & Figures 2025

Educations and trainings: Képzések, oktatás | Szellemi Tulajdon Nemzeti Hivatala


VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

  • International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information
  • Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information
  • Assistance to developing countries
  • Other activities

The Office shall not provide data to any other national office. Bibliographical data of patents are sent to WIPO and EPO.

Visegrad Patent Institute: https://vpi.int/en/

More informations: Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Annual Report pp. 32-39 Facts & Figures 2025

VII. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WIPO STANDARDS CONCERNING PATENT INFORMATION

Note:  For each Standard listed below, please enter one of the following values: 

  • "Fully implemented"
  • “Partially implemented”
  • "On implementation phase"
  • "Planning to implement"
  • “On assessment phase”
  • "No plan to implement"

Implementation Status Definitions

"Fully implemented"

The WIPO Standard has been implemented in a manner compliant or compatible with the Standard.

"Partially implemented"

The WIPO Standard has been implemented in part.  The Office practice aligns with some, but not all, requirements of the Standard.

"On implementation phase"

The decision to implement the WIPO Standard has been made and it is currently being deployed, configured, or integrated into systems and workflows.

"Planning to implement"

The decision to implement the WIPO Standard has been made;  planning activities (resource allocation, timeline development, technical design) are underway before actual implementation begins.

"On assessment phase"

The WIPO Standard is under active evaluation to determine its feasibility, technical requirements, costs, benefits, and alignment with organizational needs before making an implementation decision.

"No plan to implement"

The WIPO Standard has been reviewed and there is currently no intention or plan to implement it.


WIPO Standard ST.1:  Recommendation concerning the minimum data elements required to uniquely identify a patent document

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.2:  Standard manner for designating calendar dates by using the Gregorian calendar

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.3:  Recommended standard on two-letter codes for the representation of states, other entities and intergovernmental organizations

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.6:  Recommendation for the numbering of published patent documents

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.8:  Standard recording of international patent classification (IPC) symbols on machine-readable records

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.9:  Recommendation concerning bibliographic data on and relating to patents and SPCs

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.10:  Published patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.10/A:  Format (margins, size) of patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.10/B:  Layout of bibliographic data components

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.10/C:  Presentation of bibliographic data components

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.10/D:  Guidelines on physical characteristics of patent documents particularly relevant to reproducibility and legibility of such documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.11:  Recommendation on the minimum of indexes to be inserted in patent gazettes or published in association with patent gazettes

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.12:  Guidelines for the preparation of abstracts of patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.12/A:  General guidelines for the preparation of abstracts of patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.12/B:  Guidelines for the preparation of categorized patent abstract

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.12/C:  Guidelines for the physical characteristics of separately published abstracts in selective dissemination of information (SDI) presented in the form of card files

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.13:  Recommendation for the numbering of applications for industrial property rights (IPRs)

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.14:  Recommendation for the inclusion of references cited in patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.15:  Guidelines for the wording of titles of inventions in patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.16:  Recommended standard code for the identification of different kinds of patent documents

Fully implemented



WIPO Standard ST.17:  Recommendation for the coding of headings of announcements made in official gazettes

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.18:  Recommendation concerning patent gazettes and other patent announcement journals

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.19:  Recommendation for the publication of indexes issued yearly/half-yearly/quarterly by industrial property offices

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.20:  Recommendations for the preparation of name indexes to patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.21:  Recommendation concerning the reduction of volume of priority documents as filed with industrial property offices

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.22:  Recommendation for the authoring of patent applications for the purpose of facilitating optical character recognition (OCR)

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.25:  Standard for the presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings in patent applications

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.26:  Recommended standard for the presentation of nucleotide and amino acid sequence listings using XML  (extensible markup language)

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.27:  Recommendation for the exchange of patent legal status data

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.31:  Recommended standard coded character sets for the exchange of machine-readable records of patent documents

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.32:  Recommendation for the markup of patent documents using SGML (standard generalized markup language)

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.33:  Recommended standard format for data exchange of facsimile information of patent documents

On assessment phase


WIPO Standard ST.34:  Recommendation concerning the recording of application numbers in electronic form for the exchange of bibliographic data

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.35:  Recommended standard format for data exchange of mixed-mode published patent document information on reel-to-reel and IBM 3480/90 cartridge tapes

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.36:  Recommendation for the processing of patent information using XML (extensible markup language)

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.37:  Recommendation for an authority file of published patent documents

On implementation phase


WIPO Standard ST.40:  Recommendation concerning making facsimile images of patent documents available on CD-ROM

No plan to implement


WIPO Standard ST.50:  Guidelines for issuing corrections, alterations and supplements relating to patent information

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.90:  Recommendation for processing and communicating intellectual property data using web APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.91:  Recommendations on digital three-dimensional (3D) models and 3D images

Fully implemented


WIPO Standard ST.92:  Recommendations on the data package format for the electronic exchange of priority documents

On implementation phase


WIPO Standard ST.96:  Recommendation for the processing of intellectual property information using XML (extensible markup language)

Partially implemented


WIPO Standard ST.97:  Recommendation for processing of intellectual property data using JSON

No plan to implement