HU · 2017 · pat_ep_ntot
Patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017)
Hungary, 2017
In 2017, Hungary's patent applications to the EPO by priority year (1977-2017) decreased by 2.5% compared to 2016, reaching 196.
Hungary accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 49,211.
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 fallen by 5.3% (from 207 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset pat_ep_ntot, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.