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By virtue of the amendmentof the Innovation Act in 2012, HIPO has also had competence for the qualification of R&D activities since 1 February 2012. This task means, on the one hand, preliminary qualification, which can be initiated optionally and on a voluntary basis by enterprises, and, on the other hand, giving expert opinions on professional questions affecting the qualification of certain activites activities as R&D upon the requests received from the National Tax and Customs Administration (NTCA), other authorities and courts as well as third parties.

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EUROPEAN PATENT WITH UNITARY EFFECT 

The reform of the European patent system goes on two connected fields: it means on the one hand the establishment of the UPC, on the other hand the creation of a new European patent with unitary effect. The execution of the regulations of the “patent package”, adopted at the end of 2012, and the tasks preceding the entry into force of the agreement for establishing the UPC, concluded at the beginning of 2013, continued in 2014.

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 In October 2014 the ministries of justice of Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia agreed in principle on establishing a common regional division in Budapest, operating under the system of the UPC.

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 HIPO gave significant professional support to the establishment and organisation of the training centre for judges in Budapest. The training of future UPC judges started upon the ceremonial opening held on 23 February 2015. During the one-week high level training the first group of 19 candidate-judges received knowledge from the experts of the EPO and well-known European patent lawyers. The second training module will be held between 20 and 24 April 2015. In the selection procedure those candidates enjoyed priority, who had sent their applications from contracting states with smaller capacity.

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The principal aim of the establishment of the VPI is to offer for the inventors and enterprises of the participating and certain neighbouring countries the use of the system of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), managed by WIPO and extending to 148 countries and to join the global paten patent system under more advantageous conditions. It is expected that the VPI will encourage and stimulate innovation and creativity, in addition it will facilitate the economic growth and will improve competitiveness in Central and Eastern Europe. It will also be possible that the patent applicants of the participating countries can file international patent applications in their mother language, and their questions arising during the process can be answered in their mother language. The search and examination reports of the VPI related to patentability (due to the available fee discounts) will be more cost effective.

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[3] Source of the data on international (under the Madrid system) trade mark applications: http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/statistics/annual_stats.jsp?type=EN&name=3

The Hungarian applicants have the possibility to file their applications initiated under international or regional cooperation through the HIPO. In 2014 they filed 129 PCT applications (at the same time European patent applications), 11 European patent applications, 25 Community and 276 international trade mark applications this way.

                                                             Main Main figures of the activities of Hungarian applicants abroad (2010-2014) 

 

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

PCT applications

172

142

162

163

158

European patent applications

192

168

188

196

190

 

 

The number of protections valid in Hungary, which should be taken into account by Hungarian organisations in their research and development and economic activities, increased almost in every title of protection. Due to the increase of the number of European patents valid in Hungary, the number of valid patents grew above 20 thousand. A significant increase can be observed in respect of every title of Community industrial property protections.

PATENT ACTIVITY

The number of international patent (PCT) applications was more than 213 thousand in 2014, which may result requests for extension to the territory of Hungary in a later phase of the procedure, when entering the national phase. The number of actual national requests deriving from earlier PCT designations was 31 in 2014. Since Hungary’s accession to the European Patent Convention in 2003 foreign patent applicants have submitted their increasing requests for validating their European patents in Hungary rather by choosing the European route. The number of these requests was around 3000 (3323), similarly to the previous years. This sudden stop of the continuous increase observed in the previous years may be explained by the waiting attitude of the applicants due to the introduction of the European patent with unitary effect expected in 2016.

Main            Main figures of patent cases aimed at Hungary and filed following the national route – from  from Hungary and directly from abroad – under

                                                                                  international cooperations  cooperation  (2010-2014) 

 

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Cases filed under international cooperation

 

PCT designations

164 341

182 437

195 334

205 270

213 568

Granted European patents designating HU

32 803

40 372

47 485

53 486

56 021

Filing of the translation of the text of European patent (validation)

2 635

3 218

3 342

3 485

3 323

Filing of the translation of European claims

8

11

1

3

8

Cases filed following the national route

 

Domestic applications

646

660

689

641

546

Foreign applications filed following the national route

44

33

54

60

42

Requests for actual national procedure deriving from earlier PCT designations

11

5

5

7

31

Total number of applications filed following the national route

701

698

748

708

619


Hungarian patent filing activity abroad (2010-2014)

 

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

PCT applications originating from Hungary

172

142

162

163

158

            Of them: by using receiving office services of HIPO

150

131

146

138

129

European applications originating from Hungary

192

168

188

196

190

Of them: by using receiving office services of HIPO

89

25

16

15

11

 

The number of patent applications filed following the national route was 619 in 2014, which means a 12% decrease compared to the previous year. The application activity of domestic customers touched the lowest point; it declined by 15% compared to 2013. This was caused by, besides the well-known low IP awareness, especially the failure in announcing the R&D tenders and the tenders to support IP protection. Although, the number of PCT applications that entered into the national phase was rather low, their number increased again (from 7 to 31). 66% of the applications filed following the national route belonged to individuals, 34% of them to institutions. It is an unfavourable phenomenon that the number of domestic patent applications filed by institutions diminished by a further 9% compared to the previous year; it was only 185, which is unacceptably low.

Breakdown of applicants filing applications for the validation of European patents in Hungary by countries of origin (2014)

 

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 Sweden, Belgium, Austria, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, France, Switzerland, United States of America, Germany

Most of the right holders filing applications for the validation of their European patents in Hungary had their place of business in Germany (22.5%) and in the USA (21.6%).

At the end of 2014 the number of patents valid in Hungary exceeded twenty thousand/20 000 for the first time since 1991. The number of valid patents increased by almost 7% in 2014, which is due to a more than 13% growth in the number of valid European patents. The amount of patents granted following the national route was 4695, that of the valid European patents was 15 731. The number of valid European patents has increased by 2.5 times in the past six years, which is more than three times larger than the number of valid patents granted following the national route.  The ratio of Hungarian right holders – with 943 patents – is 4.6%.

                                                                              Number of patents valid in Hungary (2010-2014) 

 

 

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Valid patents granted following the national route

5 688

5 227

4 769

5 237

4 695

Valid European patents

8 165

10 163

11 930

13 893

15 731

Valid patents in total

13 853

15 390

16 699

19 130

20 426

 

Regarding the technical fields, at the end of 2014 – similarly to the previous year – the pharmaceutical patents were in the lead; both with respect to patents granted following the national route, and the validated European patents this technical field headed the list: 15% of all valid patents in Hungary concentrated on this field. This was followed by other machinery with a 4.6% ratio and chemistry (without pharmaceuticals) with 3.5%.

PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION

In 2014 the HIPO received 30 new applications for plant variety protection. At the end of last year 97 such protections were valid. Last year the Community Plant Variety Office received 3626 Community applications for plant variety protection, which is more by 10% than in the previous year. At the end of last year more than 22 thousand Community protections were valid.

SUPPLEMENTARY PROTECTION CERTIFICATE

Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) extends the term of patents of medicinal or plant protection products.  In 2014 the HIPO received 60 new applications for SPC. At the end of the year 145 such protections were valid. Out of this, in 78 cases the SPC, while in 67 cases still the basis patent was valid. 30% of the SPCs valid at the end of the year were granted in 2014.


Other matters and useful links (URLs): annual report of the Office, news page, statistics, etc.

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How can I protect my intellectual property?: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/hogyan-vedjem-a-szellemi-tulajdonomat/hogyan-vedjem-a-talalmanyomat

Availability of the application dossier in electronic form

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Classification1, preclassification2 (if applicable), reclassification3 activities; classification systems used (e.g., International Patent Classification (IPC)); matters concerning indexing of patent information

The Adavanced Advanced level of IPC is used.

Development of the CPC classification system completed in 2014. The Office has introduced CPC classification system from 1 January 2015. CPC has been replaced ECLA.

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E-SEARCH for the public: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vedjegy/hogyan-kutassunk-az-adatbazisokban/e-kutatas

IPC classification system: http://classifications.mszh.hu/ipc/

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Legal status information (kind of information, coverage, medium, etc.)

Lagal Legal status information (not certified)  can be accessed in E-dossier: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-nyilvantartas/?lang=HU

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

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Customer satisfaction is enhanced by the fact that submissions can also be filed outside the normal registry time, since the Office set up a round-the clock client terminal. This terminal quickly became popular among clients, and in 2014 more than 773 submissions were received by the Office through this channel.

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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.

Other matters

 

V. PROMOTION ACTIVITIES AIMED TO SUPPORT USERS IN ACCESS AND EFFICIENT USE OF PATENT INFORMATION

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Accessible databases:

HUNTÉKA Onlene Online Catalog: http://hunteka.asp.hunteka.hu/hipo/index.jsp;jsessionid=0C33EADC538177502CCB010CBBB3EF80?lang=en

E-SEARCH: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vedjegy/hogyan-kutassunk-az-adatbazisokban/e-kutatas

IPC classification system: http://classifications.mszh.hu/ipc/

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The customer service received 98 enquiries from other authorities, nearly three-quarters of them were submitted by the National Tax and Customs Administration and concerned trade marks (60). 

HIPAvilon also takes part in the customer service functions of HIPO by maintaining the relations with customers in order to gain new applicants and customers. 

The services against payment of HIPAvilon for patent and trade mark search, as well as its services for IP audit and IP valuation are of great help. In 2014 HIPAvilon received 85 such orders.

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The Gazette of Patents and Trademarks was in the centre center of interest of users in 2014 as well: 3 058 530 pages were downloaded, which is more by 16% than in the previous year.

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http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/szabadalom/ip-panorama

Start-up Guide: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/hogyan-kezdjek-hozza/start-up-guide

 AIDA Light: Assessment and Improvement integrateD Approach: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/hogyan-kezdjek-hozza/aida

Partner Search: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/partnerkereso

Tenders: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/palyazatok

IP Valuation Forum: http://ipvaluation.hipo.gov.hu/

Information nationwide: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/informacio-orszagszerte

Our partners
Other intellectual property sites

etc, see: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/hogyan-vedjem-a-szellemi-tulajdonomat/hogyan-vedjem-a-megjelolesemet

Office's initiatives on providing foreign patent information in the local language(s) (e.g., machine translation tools, translation of abstracts)

 

Cooperation with universities, research centers, technology and innovation support centers, etc.

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10 persons participated in the basic level industrial property course, 56 persons finished the intermediate level industrial property course and passed the final exams, moreover, 49 participants of the advanced level industrial property course passed the exams successfully. Besides the employees of HIPO, the representatives of law and patent attorney offices, institutions of higher education, pharmaceutical companies and other enterprises participated in the trainings. The courses on demand were mainly attended by employees of the National Tax and Customs Administration, researchers of the institutions of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and representatives of creative industries.

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The education of intellectual property in the form of e-learning was available at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, University of Debrecen, Károly Róbert University College and College of Szolnok.

 

39 students from 12 universities and colleges applied to the – renewed – Ujvári János Award for diploma works announced for graduating students of higher education. 13 of them were awarded for their high level work.

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Education: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/mivel-fordulhatok-a-hivatalhoz/szellemitulajdon-vedelmi-kepzesek-es-tudatossagnoveles

Other activities

 

VI. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF PATENT INFORMATION

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The enlargement of knowledge on industrial property and copyright, the improvement of awareness on intellectual property of enterprises – especially small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) – are objectives of high importance. In case of these parties it is essential that they can have personal consultation not only at the headquarters in Budapest but they also can find information points or events close to them, in their regions, where they can receive information. In this spirit, the relations with partners continued to enlarge in 2014. HIPO cooperated with 16 chambers of commerce and industry in counties and towns, 6 PATLIB centres, 7 regional innovation agencies and 2 professional organisations (HITA, SEED) in programs related to awareness raising.

In the framework of the VIVACE program improving the knowledge on industrial property of enterprises HIPO participated in the preparation, organisation and accomplishment of 18 events on awareness raising in and outside Budapest. The program was financed mainly by the projects of OHIM and EPO and from the sources of IPorta project supported by the European Commission.

A survey questionnaire was prepared on the awareness on industrial property of Hungarian SMEs with the involvement of the Institute for Economic and Enterprise Research of the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in respect of the circle of enterprises already observed in 2005 and 2009. According to 435 answers, although the level of knowledge on intellectual property has become better but the use of industrial property systems has declined, which draws the attention – in compliance with the Jedlik Plan – to the importance of the development of services.

See „Outstanding Events” in Annual Report: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/mivel-fordulhatok-a-hivatalhoz/tajekoztatas/kiadvanyok/a-hivatal-eves-jelentesei

 

HIPO performed English language searches and examinations in the frameworks of the cooperation agreements with the Austrian Patent Office and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore. In performing the tasks deriving from its international cooperation obligations, HIPO was aided by the colleagues of HIPAvilon Industrial Property Agency, who have several decades of experience. 

Assistance to developing countries

 

Other activities

 

VII. OTHER RELATED MATTERS

 

 

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1.Classification is allotting one or more classification symbols (e.g., IPC symbols) to a patent application, either before or during search and examination, which symbols are then published with the patent application.

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