Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2023 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

Information on the following topics is desired:

The innovation strategy, named after János Neumann, was adopted by the National Assembly in 2023 and focuses on strengthening the knowledge-based economy as well as linking universities and research institutions with the economy. The programme set out a number of concrete measures focusing on the protection of intellectual property.

One of the priorities of the past year was to further strengthen the relationship with the universities and SMEs, to increase their activity and to win them as customers. It is encouraging to see that in 2023 also Hungarian universities were among the institutions filing the largest number of national patent applications.

Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Annual Report: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/publications/hungarian-intellectual-property-office-annual-report pp. 4-21

Industrial Property and Copyright Review:

https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/publications/industrial-property-and-copyright-review

Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Annual Report: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/publications/hungarian-intellectual-property-office-annual-report

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

Information on the following topics is desired:

Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Annual Report: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/publications/hungarian-intellectual-property-office-annual-report pp. 56-59

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

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

Classification: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/international-patent-classification-ipc  https://classifications.sztnh.gov.hu/ipc/

Q&A: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/questions-and-answers/this-chapter-helps-to-clarify-the-special-definitions-of-the-industrial

Form and Fees: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/urlapok-dijak-lekerdezese/forms-and-fees

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

General informations: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/patent

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.

Gazette: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/publications/gazette-for-patents-and-trade-marks-the-official-journal-of-the-hungarian-intellectual

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, Thomson Reuters

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

Review: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/publications/industrial-property-and-copyright-review

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

Other sources

General legal sources: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/legal-sources/patents

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

Information on the following topics is desired:

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

Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Annual Report: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/publications/hungarian-intellectual-property-office-annual-report pp. 62-63

The most important IT development tasks performed in 2023 by the IT department were the following:

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: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/publications

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.

Cooperations: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/partners/educational-institutions

Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.

E-learning: http://tavoktatas.sztnh.gov.hu/

Other activities

More informations: Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Annual Report: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/publications/hungarian-intellectual-property-office-annual-report pp. 50-61

VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION

Information on the following topics is desired:

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

The Hungarian version of IPC is accessible on the home-page. http://classifications.mszh.hu/ipc/

The Hungarian interface of ESPACENET is accessible: https://hu.espacenet.com/advancedSearch?locale=hu_HU

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

More informations: Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Annual Report: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/publications/hungarian-intellectual-property-office-annual-report pp. 46-49

VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

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1.Classification is allotting one or more classification symbols (e.g., IPC symbols) to a patent application, either before or during search and examination, which symbols are then published with the patent application.

2. Preclassification is allotting an initial broad classification symbol (e.g., IPC class or subclass, or administrative unit) to a patent application, using human or automated means for internal administrative purposes (e.g., routing an application to the appropriate examiner).  Usually preclassification is applied by the administration of an office.

3. Reclassification is the reconsideration and usually the replacement of one or more previously allotted classification symbols to a patent document, following a revision and the entry into force of a new version of the Classification system (e.g., the IPC).  The new symbols are available on patent databases.