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An amendment to Act XXXIII of 1995 on the Protection of Inventions by Patents (Patent Act) entered into force on 17 June 2017. Pursuant to the amendment, the three Vice-Presidents of HIPO are appointed and dismissed by the minister exercising the rights of supervision; in addition, HIPO's tasks and competences were broadened to include the performance of registration tasks related to the tax base reduction benefit that may be claimed by enterprises supporting start-up enterprises. Government Decree 331/2017. (XI. 9.) on the detailed rules of the registration of start-up enterprises and of enterprises supporting start-up enterprises entered into force on 9 December 2017.

 The The intellectual property diagnosis service of HIPO was restarted with the assistance of EPO. The intellectual property diagnostics service offers tailor-made advice to innovative enterprises on the possibilities of legal protection for their intellectual property. As part of the service a complex overview is prepared for the clients on the potential risks and the proposed course of action for the protection of intellectual property.

Main areas of patent information activities and related information and communication technology (ICT) practices which were in the focus of attention last year

Statistics: changes in terms of application filings and grants with respect to previous year; trends or areas experiencing rapid changes


Number of valid Patents, Supplementary protections and Plant variety protections in Hungary at the end of 2017


Patents granted via the national route: 3 184

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There were 26 225 valid patents at the end of 2017, which is a 10 a 10 % increase over the 2016 number. This increase was due to the 15 % growth of validated of validated European patents, which numbered 23 041, while 3184 patents were granted via the national route.

 


Requests for validation of European patents in Hungary

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The number of utility model applications was 235 and 89% of them were filed by domestic applicants, 66% of whom were individual applicants. The number of granted utility model protections amounted to 157. At the end of the year, there were 858 valid national utility model protections.


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


HIPO Facts and Figures 2017:

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http://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


Detailed information and support is accessible on the website of HIPO, ege.g.:


e-Filing: https://ugyintezes.sztnh.gov.hu/eBej2/step1/case1

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

Availability of the application dossier in electronic form


The e-dossier gives inspection and communication platform providing online administration.

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 E-dossier: http://epub.hpo.hu/e-aktabetekintes/?lang=HU

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

The Adavanced level of IPC is used by HIPO and the CPC classification system as well.

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IPC: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/nemzetkozi-szabadalmi-osztalyozas-nszo-international-patent-classification-ipc 

Abstracting, reviewing, and translation of the information contained in patent documents


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)


The IP search Hungarian intellectual property database is the basic tool of research of patents and designs valid in Hungary, and applications being processed.

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Full-text published patent applications are accessible in electronic format from 1992.


Official Gazettes: main types of announcements, frequency of publication, medium (on paper, on CDs, online - URL), etc.


Gazette of Patents and Trademarks has been published electronically, and accessible on the website of the Office free of charge, in searchable pdf-format, published twice a month. https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/szakmai-oldalak/szabadalmi-kozlony-es-vedjegyertesito


Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to examiners, including external collections and databases


The Unified Administrative System of the Office covers the bibliographic and image data, the documents and the official letters belonging to the different intellectual property rights (with the additional data that are not accessible for the public). The public electronic-databases GAZETTE, IP-SEARCH, E-REGISTER, E-DOSSIER are also used by the Examiners. The IP-SEARCH database has an internal version covering public and non-public data.

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Searches are performed mainly in the EPOQUENET system. Examiners regularly use EP-REG, Espacenet and other web-based patent databases. Commercial databases are also used in special technical fields, such as Clarivate Analytics: Thomson Reuters, STN and Elsevier both for patent and non-patent information.



Information products and patent document collections (coverage, medium, etc.) available to external users, conditions of access (e.g., free of charge, subscription, etc.)

Intellectual property databases such as IP-search, Gazette, e-Register and e-Dossier are accessible on the webpage of HIPO free of charge:https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/szakmai-oldalak

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


Legal status information (not certified) can be accessed in e-Ddossier: https://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/szakmai-oldalak

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Certified statements on the validity of protection can be received against payment.


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

The IT system of HIPO effectively provided the information technology background necessary for official and service activities and performed the tasks related to e-administration and information, and information security. HIPO continued to take the necessary steps in order to further reduce detected IT risks and to implement information security requirements. HIPO implemented the developments as mandated by the Act on Information Security and executed the tasks prescribed by the ISO risk management improvement plan. Clients can make use of the following services online: e-searche-file inspectione-filinge-registerTM e-FilingTMView, and DesignView.

Hardware used to supporting business processes of the Office

Internal databases: coverage, updates, interlinks with external sources


The Unified Administrative System of the Office comprise the bibliographic and image data, the documents and the official letters that belong to the different intellectual property rights, namely patent, plant variety protection, spc, utility model, trademark, industrial design. 
The public electronic-databases GAZETTE, IP-SEARCH, E-REGISTER, E-DOSSIER are also used by the Examiners. The IP-SEARCH database has an internal version for internal use only with the additional data that are not accessible for the public.

Establishment and maintenance of electronic search file: file building, updating, storage, documents from other offices included in the search file


The Unified Administrative System of the Office is used for file building covering all industrial property titles of protection. It is updated real-time and has a daily backup storage. All incoming documents are scanned since 2012.

Administrative management electronic systems (register, legal status, statistics, and administrative support)

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

See: Industrial Property Special Library: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/services/industrial-property-special-library

Publications related to different business procedures and patent information sources available to users, for example, books, brochures, Internet publications, etc.

The partners and customers of HIPO, who are interested in intellectual property, can choose from a variety of services or programs of customer service, information provision and education, eg.: AIDA, IP-Panorama, Start-up guide, Partner Search, Tenders, IP-Valuation, etc.: http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/vallalkozoknak/hogyan-kezdjek-hozza

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The website for raising the IP awareness of the general public (www.szellemitulajdon.hu) had more than 36 thousand individual visitors. The National Board Against Counterfeiting has its own website (www.hamisitasellen.hu), which features recent news on the subject of counterfeiting.


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


The Hungarian version of IPC is accessible on the home-page. http://classifications.mszh.hu/ipc/

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The Hungarian interface of ESPACENET is accessible: https://hu.espacenet.com/advancedSearch?locale=hu_HU


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


Extending of knowledge on industrial property and copyright, as well as the improvement of awareness of intellectual property rights among small and medium-sized enterprises are objectives of outstanding importance. For entrepreneurs interested in industrial property protection it is essential that they be able to have personal consultation at information points or events close to them, in their regions, where they can be given information. In order to ensure this, 23 different organisations – 16 chambers of commerce and industry in counties and towns, 6 regional innovation agencies and one professional organisation – maintained information points based on agreements

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The central customer service received nearly 17.5 thousand queries, out of which 10 thousand were made by phone, 5683 in person at HIPO, and 1599 were received electronically. Most queries aimed at trade mark information, but requests for patent information, copyright information and dataprovision data provision represented also a significant share.

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As a result of a review of trade mark services for a fee, as of 1 May 2017 two new trade mark services,  “trade mark search” and “trade mark search with protectability opinion” have been introduced, for which there was a growing demand from clients, these services practically replacing the “express trade mark filtering” service.


Education and training: training courses, e-learning modules (URLs), seminars, exhibitions, etc.


HIPO has valid cooperation agreements with 17 institutions of higher education. In these agreements the HIPO undertook to participate in giving courses on the protection of intellectual property, to partake, where appropriate, in the elaboration of internal IP protection regulations, and to help implementing the technology transfer tasks of these institutions.

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Based on agreements with HIPO, intellectual property as a separate subject was taught in 10 institutions of higher education, and at 8 other universities intellectual property protection was taught linked with other subjects. Within the framework of e-learning in the field of intellectualproperty intellectual property protection, six higher education institutions participated in providing courses in the subjects of “Intellectual property protection” and “Innovation management and industrial property protection”.

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HIPO once again invited applications for the „Ujvári János Award for Diploma Works” the purpose of which is to provide incentives for graduating students of higher education to develop the intellectual property protection aspects of their theses or dissertations. In the school year of 2016/2017 23 students submitted their applications, most of them from Eotvos Lorand University, BudapestUniversity Budapest University of Technology and Economics, and Pazmany Peter Catholic University.

 


E-learning modules:

http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/sztnh/szellemitulajdon-vedelmi-kepzes/tavoktatas

http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/hu/sztnh/szellemitulajdon-vedelmi-kepzes/altalanos-es-kozepiskolas-szellemitulajdon-vedelmi 

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

Bibliographic data including CPC, abstracts and titles in English and published and granted patent documents are sent to the EPO databases.

Participation in international or regional activities and projects related to patent information


It is an important achievement in the field of patents that as of 1 July 2016 applicants from the Visegrad countries applying for international patents may also choose – besides the EPO – the Visegrad Patent Institute (VPI) as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and a Preliminary Examination Authority (IPEA), i.e. as a PCT Authority. Among Hungarian applicants VPI has become significantly more attractive during the last one and a half years owing to its favourable arrangements for the use of languages and also its cost efficiency. Indeed, in this so-called international phase of the proceedings the languages applicants can choose from are more suitable for their needs. According to the language regime, Hungarian applicants may file the international patent application in Hungarian or in English; moreover they can communicate in their mother tongue with the patent examiners. In addition to that, they can reclaim 40% of the international search fee if the search report of HIPO is already available on the basis of an earlier application.

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Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH): http://www.sztnh.gov.hu/en/patent/global-pph


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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