HU · 2003 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Hungary, 2003
In 2003, Hungary's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) increased by 10.8% compared to 2002, reaching 133.
Hungary accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 47,305.
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 137.5% (from 56 in 1998).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.