What is "rospatent"

The Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property, commonly known as Rospatent , is a Russian governmental agency in charge of intellectual property. Its former name was "Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks (Rospatent)".

In the former Soviet Union, Goskomizobretenie , which stood for Gostudarstvennyi komitet po delam izobretenie i otkrytii, was the State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries. It maintained a registry of inventions and discoveries and gave out authors certificates and patents.