SAN MARINO: + 300% IN PATENT FILING
The Industry, Handicraft and Commerce Secretariat is extremely satisfied with the recorded data by the State Patent and Trademark Office which brings San Marino to the top of the report drawn up by the European Patent Organization (EPO) which confirms a record growth of European patent applications in 2021.
Statistical data published by the EPO for 2021 show an overall increase in European patent filings of 4.5% compared to 2020.
San Marino in this general context successfully exceeds the personal record registering an increase of 300% of applications filed with the EPO by companies and residents. A positive note that is not only tangible proof of the goodness of the policies adopted by the Secretariat and great, important and strategic carried out by the State Patent and Trademark Office, but also and above all of the fundamental growth in the propensity for innovation of San Marino companies.
Precisely to support this propensity and be alongside all economic activities, proceeding relentlessly with the important work of strengthening the sector regulations developed by the Secretariat together with the competent Office and professional associations: an overall project inspired by the structure of new and competitive services.