Rospatent approved more than 50 inventions to combat COVID-19

“Since the beginning of the pandemic, Russian inventors have filed about 300 applications for developments aimed at combating coronavirus.

To date, more than 55 patents have been issued, "RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Ivliev noted that about 20 applications were rejected due to lack of novelty and identified violations.

“The rest of the applications are being processed.

Applications for inventions to combat coronavirus are considered on a priority basis within an average of 22 days, ”he said.

Earlier, the State Research Center for Virology and Biotechnology "Vector" of Rospotrebnadzor received patents for the vaccine it created against COVID-19.