Annual Technical Report on Patent Information Activities in 2016 submitted by HU/Hungarian Intellectual Property Office
I. GENERAL OVERVIEW OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PATENT INFORMATION ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Outline of main policies and plans aimed at development of patent information activities and expected time frames for their realization
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Number of valid protections in Hungary broken down by main titles of protection
| 2015 | 2016 | 2016/2015 |
Patents (valid patents granted via the national route and valid European patents) | 21 851 | 23 782 | +9% |
Out of these: | 17 573 | 20 000 | +14% |
Valid European patents | |||
Supplementary protection certificates (SPC) | 138 | 138 | 0% |
Plant variety protection | 90 | 106 | +18% |
European patents may be obtained under the European Patent Convention (EPC)in 38 Contracting States. In 2016, the number of granted European patents increased sharply, by some 40% compared to 2015, and exceeded 95 thousand, as a result, among others, of a new performance evaluation system introduced in the European Patent Office (EPO). Due to this increase in granted patents, requests for validation showed an increase of 21%, reaching the number of 4342.
Requests for validation of European patents in Hungary
| 2015 | 2016 | 2016/2015 |
Requests for validation | 3582 | 4342 | +12% |
Validated patents | 3444 | 4095 | +12% |
Pending cases | 1597 | 1911 | +12% |
In the field of patents the number of patent applications filed via the national route[1] exceeded by 5% the number filed in 2015, and within this category, the activity of domestic applicants increased further by more than 8%. This increase can be attributed to activities related to EU tenders and domestically financed tenders.
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Patent applications filed via the national route and official proceedings
| 2015 | 2016 |
Applications | 633 | 665 |
Concluded proceedings | 1078 | 1094 |
Granted patents | 365 | 271 |
Pending cases | 1760 | 1478 |
Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.
Annual report of the Office : https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/mivel-fordulhatok-a-hivatalhoz/tajekoztatas/kiadvanyok/a-hivatal-eves-jelentesei-0
II. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Information and support provided by the Office to applicants regarding filing on paper and/or e-filing (instructions, seminars, etc.) - URLs
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Patent abstracts of Hungarian patent applications (that have no family members) are translated into English, and sent to the EPO (Espacenet).
Other activities
III. SOURCES OF PATENT INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE OFFICE
Main types of publications of the Office (patent applications, full text, first pages, abstracts, bibliographic data, granted patents, etc.), medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URLs)
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Certified statements on the validity of protection can be available on payment of a fee.
Other sources
IV. ICT SUPPORT TO SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PATENT INFORMATION CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE
Specific software tools supporting business procedures within the Office: general description, characteristics, advantages, possible improvements
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The Unified Administrative System of the Office is used for file building, which covers all industrial property titles of protection. It has a real-time update system and has a daily backup storage. This system is the source of the public electronic-databases, such as GAZETTE, IP-SEARCH, E-REGISTER, E-DOSSIER.
Other matters
V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF PATENT INFORMATION
Patent library: equipment, collection management, network of patent libraries in the country, cooperation with foreign patent libraries
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Special attention was paid to the subject of the European patent with unitary effect and of the Unitary Patent Court (UPC). Budapest is the seat of the Judge Training Centre of the UPC, the operation of which is ensured by HIPO in cooperation with the Ministry of Justice. Following the first two training modules in 2015, in September 2016 two trainings were held.
Other activities
VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION
International exchange and sharing of patent information in machine-readable form, e.g., priority documents, bibliographic data, abstracts, search reports, full text information
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Assistance to developing countries
Other activities
VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS
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