Patents and licences
In 2024, a total of 5,692 patents were granted or validated by the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic (IPO CR) for the territory of our republic to Czech and foreign entities. Foreign applicants owned 93 % of them, Czech entities accounted for the remaining 7 %, i.e. 379 patents. In 2023, there were a total of 169 subject in the Czech Republic that provided a license for one of the industrial property protections, that is, for a patent, utility model or industrial design. The total number of licenses valid for these types of protection in 2023 was 889, and providers collected more than 3.7 billion crowns in fees for them.
Patent applications in Czechia, total
Publication date: 14. 03. 2025
Year 2024
501
Patents granted or validated in Czechia, total
Publication date: 14. 03. 2025
Year 2024
5,692
European patents validated for the territory of Czechia
Publication date: 14. 03. 2025
Year 2024
5,317
Patents granted in Czechia to domestic applicants
Publication date: 14. 03. 2025
Year 2024
379
Patent licensors
Publication date: 04. 11. 2024
Year 2023
87
Number of granted patent licences
Publication date: 04. 11. 2024
Year 2023
357
Received royalties and licence fees for patents licences
Publication date: 04. 11. 2024
Year 2023
3,546.3 CZK million
Data and time series
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 7,569 | 7,562 | 8,082 | 7,467 | 6,781 | 5,014 | 5,433 | 5,692 |
European patents validated for the territory of Czechia | 6,900 | 7,050 | 7,573 | 6,968 | 6,337 | 4,662 | 4,975 | 5,317 |
| Type of domestic applicants | 606 | 506 | 512 | 525 | 453 | 342 | 454 | 379 |
Public universities | 178 | 144 | 134 | 153 | 135 | 94 | 121 | 80 |
Public research institutions | 54 | 41 | 64 | 47 | 23 | 33 | 28 | 28 |
Enterprises | 288 | 250 | 243 | 267 | 228 | 161 | 240 | 214 |
Natural persons | 78 | 67 | 60 | 52 | 57 | 50 | 53 | 53 |
others | 9 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 4 |
| Foreign applicants | 6,963 | 7,056 | 7,570 | 6,942 | 6,328 | 4,672 | 4,979 | 5,313 |
Germany | 1,936 | 1,880 | 1,962 | 1,838 | 1,600 | 1,256 | 1,340 | 1,241 |
United States | 1,266 | 1,231 | 1,347 | 1,304 | 1,168 | 836 | 771 | 942 |
Source: Industrial Property Office of the CR and CZSO own calculations
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 860 | 732 | 813 | 729 | 600 | 552 | 506 | 501 |
Applicants from Czechia | 794 | 678 | 766 | 670 | 541 | 507 | 465 | 461 |
Foreign applicants | 66 | 55 | 47 | 59 | 59 | 45 | 41 | 41 |
| Type of domestic applicants | ||||||||
Public universities | 143 | 134 | 161 | 154 | 112 | 106 | 66 | 60 |
Public research institutions | 44 | 46 | 35 | 35 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 16 |
Enterprises | 366 | 316 | 365 | 280 | 230 | 218 | 243 | 251 |
Natural persons | 231 | 167 | 192 | 192 | 154 | 149 | 129 | 127 |
others | 9 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
Source: Industrial Property Office of the CR and CZSO own calculations
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,107 | 1,130 | 1,128 | 1,155 | 951 | 1,038 | 871 | 741 |
Applicanst from Czechia | 1,036 | 1,080 | 1,080 | 1,108 | 910 | 987 | 835 | 692 |
Foreign applicants | 71 | 50 | 48 | 47 | 41 | 51 | 36 | 49 |
| Type of domestic applicants | ||||||||
Public universities | 169 | 193 | 239 | 261 | 191 | 191 | 177 | 101 |
Public research institutions | 89 | 125 | 108 | 79 | 82 | 90 | 58 | 59 |
Enterprises | 509 | 480 | 491 | 559 | 461 | 527 | 444 | 357 |
Natural persons | 259 | 271 | 221 | 193 | 168 | 168 | 145 | 168 |
others | 11 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
Source: Industrial Property Office of the CR and CZSO own calculations
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 124 | 133 | 144 | 150 | 153 | 165 | 169 | 169 |
with new licence | 42 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 49 |
| subject of industrial property | ||||||||
Patent | 72 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 85 | 80 | 86 | 87 |
Utility model | 67 | 67 | 74 | 89 | 88 | 98 | 97 | 94 |
Industrial designs | 19 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 31 | 33 |
| type of provider | ||||||||
Enterprises | 82 | 82 | 90 | 97 | 97 | 105 | 108 | 106 |
Public universities | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Public research institutions | 11 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 22 |
Institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
Natural persons | 11 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
others | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Source: CZSO, Annual questionnaire on licences
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 681 | 803 | 818 | 831 | 831 | 866 | 890 | 889 |
new licences | 139 | 156 | 176 | 124 | 111 | 107 | 107 | 109 |
| subject of industrial property | ||||||||
Patent | 307 | 370 | 372 | 369 | 359 | 352 | 356 | 357 |
Utility model | 248 | 293 | 295 | 301 | 282 | 317 | 333 | 349 |
Industrial designs | 126 | 140 | 151 | 161 | 190 | 197 | 201 | 183 |
| type of provider | ||||||||
Enterprises | 368 | 369 | 417 | 437 | 434 | 432 | 442 | 456 |
Public universities | 168 | 190 | 182 | 185 | 170 | 195 | 211 | 215 |
Public research institutions | 69 | 99 | 96 | 97 | 94 | 114 | 107 | 117 |
Institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences | 28 | 43 | 44 | 50 | 58 | 76 | 75 | 78 |
Natural persons | 54 | 83 | 68 | 68 | 61 | 74 | 70 | 47 |
others | 22 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 72 | 51 | 60 | 54 |
Source: CZSO, Annual questionnaire on licences