Tatarstan ranks fourth among Russian regions by number of patents

According to Rospatent, Tatarstan has been granted approximately 1,200 patents for inventions, utility models and industrial designs since the start of the current year. The republic ranks fourth among Russian regions by this measure, the press service of the Tatarstan Ministry of Economy reported.

The number of state patents issued to residents of Tatarstan has nearly doubled compared with last year. In the same period of 2025, 610 invention applications were filed in the region, and the republic's share of total applications stood at 4.15%. Across the first nine months of 2026, Rospatent issued about 23,500 patents, 8% more than a year earlier, while patents for inventions by Russian developers rose 20% year on year.

Higher education institutions, large industrial enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses were the most active patent applicants. Moscow (about 27%), St Petersburg (9%), Moscow Oblast (6%) and Krasnodar Krai (3.6%) also led the country's regions. The most sought-after areas were medicine, measurement technologies, civil construction, specialised machinery and vehicles.