HU · 2008 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Hungary, 2008
In 2008, Hungary's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 5.2% compared to 2007, reaching 181.
Hungary accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 51,658.
Hungary ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 36.1% (from 133 in 2003).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.