INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY LAW
Patents, 2024 report published. The number of new requests is still growing with 10,148 appli-cations, +7.4%, compared to 2023.
The Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy has published the report on the patent activities carried out in 2024.
The document drawn up by the Directorate General for Industrial Property of Mimit, the Italian Patent and Trademark Office, shows that in 2024 there were 10,148 patent applications for industrial inventions filed with the UIBM, an increase of 7.4% compared to 2023. The number of patent applications for utility models (1,830) recorded a slight decrease (-1.1%).
A total of 34,358 measures were issued by the UIBM, with a decrease of 7.3% (37,239 in 2023) due almost exclusively to the decrease in applications for validation of a European patent following the entry into force, in June 2023, of the European patent with unitary effect, for which no validation procedure is required at national patent offices.
The national titles granted were 9,027, of which 7,532 patents for industrial inventions and 1,273 patents for utility models, in addition to the patents granted by the UIBM, both for inventions and for utility models, following the opening of the national phase of examination of international patent applications.
On the other hand, there are 20,821 validations of European patents. The total number of certificates issued obviously also includes supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products and plant protection products, which have their own economic importance regardless of the number.
The data on applications filed and patents granted, although in some cases with slight decreases, can only confirm the propensity towards innovation on the part of the Italian entrepreneurial system with the development of new industrial applications. The indicators on the varied administrative activity carried out by the Patent Office also confirm the level of productivity already found in recent years.
The number of requests for examination at the UIBM of international patent applications, according to the Patent Cooperation Treaty, demonstrates the growing interest in the Italian market by foreign companies, in particular from China, Switzerland, Germany and the United States.
The document drawn up by the Directorate General for Industrial Property of Mimit, the Italian Patent and Trademark Office, shows that in 2024 there were 10,148 patent applications for industrial inventions filed with the UIBM, an increase of 7.4% compared to 2023. The number of patent applications for utility models (1,830) recorded a slight decrease (-1.1%).
A total of 34,358 measures were issued by the UIBM, with a decrease of 7.3% (37,239 in 2023) due almost exclusively to the decrease in applications for validation of a European patent following the entry into force, in June 2023, of the European patent with unitary effect, for which no validation procedure is required at national patent offices.
The national titles granted were 9,027, of which 7,532 patents for industrial inventions and 1,273 patents for utility models, in addition to the patents granted by the UIBM, both for inventions and for utility models, following the opening of the national phase of examination of international patent applications.
On the other hand, there are 20,821 validations of European patents. The total number of certificates issued obviously also includes supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products and plant protection products, which have their own economic importance regardless of the number.
The data on applications filed and patents granted, although in some cases with slight decreases, can only confirm the propensity towards innovation on the part of the Italian entrepreneurial system with the development of new industrial applications. The indicators on the varied administrative activity carried out by the Patent Office also confirm the level of productivity already found in recent years.
The number of requests for examination at the UIBM of international patent applications, according to the Patent Cooperation Treaty, demonstrates the growing interest in the Italian market by foreign companies, in particular from China, Switzerland, Germany and the United States.
