Rospatent notes a 6% increase in the number of applications for registration of inventions and a 14% increase for industrial designs in the first two months of this year compared to the same period in 2022.
In particular, there is an increase in the number of Russian applications in the fields of medicine, biotechnology, automotive engineering, and metallurgy.
Rospatent actively participates in improving the business climate for the development of invention and innovation in our country. A set of tax incentives has been adopted for enterprises that invest in high technologies, the research and development sector, and sell products in the country. Rospatent's digital services simplify the interaction of applicants with the agency and independent work with large arrays of patent information.
The number of applications for software has increased by 36.5%. In this category, the agency notes a positive trend over the past two years.