Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)

In 2007, Hungary's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 16.5% compared to 2006, reaching 191.

Hungary accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 52,947.

Hungary ranks 13th 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 59.2% (from 120 in 2002).

Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.