HU · 2002 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Hungary, 2002
In 2002, Hungary's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 20.0% compared to 2001, reaching 120.
Hungary accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 45,897.
Hungary ranks 12th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 64.4% (from 73 in 1997).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.