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**Simple Regex (Doesn't catch everything): <tt>\(?(DE|D|1|W|)\.?-?[O0]?(BRD|1|)\s?-?\s?\d{2,5}\)?</tt>
*Hungary ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postal_codes Sourced from Wikipedia]): H- or HU-NNNN. (Note: Apparently introduced in 1973.). From the patent data the following postcodes can be noted: NN, NNN, NNNN, NNNN-, H-NNNN, H--NNNN, and H-NN-N. However, u. NN and u. N frequently appear at the end of the CTY string, and some cities are followed by roman numerals.
**Simple Regex <tt>(H|HU)?\s?-?\s?\d{2,4}-?\d{0,2}</tt>*Ireland ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_postal_addresses Sourced from Wikipedia]): The Republic of Ireland does not use postal codes per se. However some cities, particularly Dublin, use one or two digit district numbers following the city name. In the patent data the format bmNNNN also appeared and the district numbers appear strictly at the end of the string, except in the case where it is followed by "Eire.".**Simple Regex <tt>\d{1,2}\s?,?(Eire)?\.?$</tt>
*Spain ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postal_codes_in_Spain Sourced from Wikipedia]): Post 1976 Spanish postcodes are five digits of the format NNMMM, where NN indicates the province (01-52) or a reserved code (e.g. 80 for P.O. boxes). In the patent data Spansish postcodes are comparatively well behaved, with the following standard variants appearing: NNNNN, NNN NN, NNNN, NN NNNNN, NN- NNNNN, -NNNNN, NNNNN-, "NN, NNNNN", NNN, NN, N NNNNN-, NN-NN, NN-NN NNNNN, NNNNN-IBI, E-NNNNN, E-NNNN, E - NNNNN, E--NNNNN, ES-NNNNN.
**Simple Regex: <tt>(E|ES|)\d{0,2},?\s?-{0,2}\s?\d{2,5}-?(IBI|)</tt>
