HU · 1988 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Hungary, 1988
In 1988, Hungary's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 15.8% compared to 1987, reaching 96.
Hungary accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 23,455.
Hungary ranks 11th out of 17 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 22.0% (from 123 in 1983).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.