What Eurasian Patent Organization - EAPO does

The Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) (Евразийская патентная организация) is an intergovernmental organization established by the Eurasian Patent Convention signed in Moscow on September 9, 1994, and operational since 1995. It operates the Eurasian Patent System, providing unified legal protection for inventions and industrial designs through a single patent valid across 8 contracting states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The organization's central authority, the Eurasian Patent Office (ЕАПВ), is headquartered in Moscow with two buildings and conducts formal and substantive patent examination, grant, and maintenance functions.

EAPO's service portfolio spans core patent administration (examination, grant, opposition, mediation, annulment) supported by a digital infrastructure including the EAPO-ONLINE electronic filing portal, the EAPATIS patent search system, the Eurasian Publication Server, and the Eurasian Pharmaceutical Register. Distribution is multi-channel: applicants may file directly with EAPO, through the national patent offices of member states, or via PCT regional phase entry. The organization maintains active Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programs with EPO, JPO, CNIPA, and KIPO for expedited examination, and in 2026 acceded to the Hague System for international industrial design registration, broadening its mandate.

The organization is self-financing through fee-based revenue: unit procedural fees (70,000 RUB), substantive examination fees, grant and publication fees (45,000 RUB), annual patent maintenance fees shared with member states, expedited service surcharges, and publication revenue. Discount structures apply for contracting-state applicants (90% for legal entities, 10% for individuals). The customer base comprises inventors, enterprises, and registered patent attorneys across the 8 member states and internationally. EAPO is governed by an Administrative Council with WIPO holding advisory status; Grigory Ivliev serves as President and Vladimir Ryabovolov as Vice President.

Name

Eurasian Patent Organization - EAPO

Legal name

Eurasian Patent Organization (Евразийская патентная организация)

Website

https://eapo.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) is an intergovernmental body established by treaty in 1994 that grants unified patents valid across eight Eurasian member states. It operates fee-based patent examination, electronic filing platforms, and PPH partnerships with EPO, JPO, CNIPA, and KIPO.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intellectual Property / Patent Services

NAICS

Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors (926150)

SIC

Patent Owners & Lessors (6794)

akta.pro primary industry

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management (BPAHAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

IP Search, Watch & Competitive Intelligence (BPAHAMAI)

Keywords

• Regional patent services
• Patent examination granting
• Industrial design registration
• Intellectual property protection
• Patent information search

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Filing and Procedural Fees: EAPO generates revenue through various procedural fees including unit procedural fee (70,000 rubles), examination fees, and publication fees. The organization is self-financing, with fees and other income covering operational expenses.
2. Patent Maintenance Fees: Annual maintenance fees for keeping Eurasian patents in force, shared between EAPO and designated member states according to Administrative Council ratios.
3. Publication and Documentation Services: Revenue from publishing Eurasian patent bulletins, registers, and official documents
4. Expedited Examination Services: Paid expedited services including accelerated formal examination (5 or 10 days), expedited substantive examination (3 months), and accelerated publication and patent grant

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

EAPO grants Eurasian patents for inventions and industrial designs via a single unified application procedure with effect across 8 member states, replacing multiple national filings. The examination and granting service is delivered through the Eurasian Patent Office (ЕАПВ) in Moscow and supported by digital tools for electronic filing (EAPO-ONLINE), patent search (EAPATIS), publication (Eurasian Publication Server), and pharmaceutical IP tracking (Eurasian Pharmaceutical Register).

Product overview

The Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) operates the Eurasian Patent System, a unified regional patent system providing legal protection for inventions and industrial designs through single Eurasian patents valid across 8 member states. The organization offers core patent examination and granting services through the Eurasian Patent Office (ЕАПВ), supported by complementary digital services including EAPO-ONLINE for electronic filing, EAPATIS for patent searches, the Eurasian Publication Server, and specialized registers such as the Eurasian Pharmaceutical Register. The system is governed by the Eurasian Patent Convention (ЕАПК) and interfaces with international systems including the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) and the Hague System for industrial designs registration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EAPO-ONLINE: Online filing portal for Eurasian patent applications
• EAPATIS
• Eurasian Publication Server
• Eurasian Pharmaceutical Register

Products and services

• Eurasian Patent (Inventions) Single regional patent for inventions valid across 8 EAPC contracting states (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan) granted via unified filing, formal examination, substantive examination, and grant procedure through EAPO; aimed at companies, research institutes, and individual inventors seeking multi-jurisdiction protection.
• Eurasian Patent (Industrial Designs) Single regional protection for industrial designs across the EAPC contracting states via EAPO's design registration procedure; aimed at designers, design-focused enterprises, and applicants seeking protection through the Hague System in the Eurasian region.
• PPH (Patent Prosecution Highway) Accelerated Examination Programs Accelerated patent examination based on work products from partner patent offices including the European Patent Office (EPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO), China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), and Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO); aimed at applicants seeking faster Eurasian patent grant.
• PCT Regional Phase Entry Service Processing of international PCT applications entering the Eurasian regional phase to obtain a Eurasian patent within 31 months of priority; for global applicants designating or electing EAPO under the PCT framework.
• Financial Support Program for Applicants Financial assistance program supporting patent applicants within the Eurasian region; supports individuals, SMEs, and state scientific/educational organizations seeking patent protection through the Eurasian system.
• Mediation Service Mediation service for intellectual property disputes in the Eurasian region; available to parties in patent and design matters before EAPO.
• Administrative Annulment / Opposition Proceedings for Eurasian Patents Procedural services for filing oppositions against the grant of a Eurasian patent on inventions or industrial designs and for administrative annulment of granted patents; available to third parties and applicants in the Eurasian system.

Quantifiable outcome

• Single patent covers 8 countries eliminating need for multiple national filings
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)coreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2019PPH program launched January 2019 for expedited patent examination cooperation between EAPO and Korean office.
• European Patent Office (EPO)coreTechnology or IntegrationPPH (Patent Prosecution Highway) program enables expedited examination based on EPO work. Facilitates faster patent processing for applicants seeking protection in both regions.
• Japan Patent Office (JPO)coreTechnology or IntegrationPPH program for expedited patent examination. Enables applicants to leverage search and examination results from Japanese office.
• China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)coreTechnology or IntegrationPPH program for expedited examination. Allows applicants to utilize Chinese patent examination results for faster Eurasian processing.
• National Center of Intellectual Property of BelaruscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBelarus national office, represented by Director Alexei Kurman, participated in ceremony of EAPO joining Hague System for industrial design registration.
• Eurasian Economic CommissionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as partner organization in EAPO international cooperation network for Eurasian regional cooperation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA): China's national patent and trademark office. Comparable as a major patent-granting authority running a PPH program with EAPO and as a primary source of cross-border filings entering the Eurasian regional phase.
• Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO): Republic of Korea's national patent office. Comparable as a PPH partner launched in January 2019 with EAPO for expedited examination based on Korean work products.
• United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): U.S. national patent and trademark office. Comparable as a major examination authority whose work product is increasingly used to anchor PPH routes into regional offices like EAPO.
• Japan Patent Office (JPO): Japan's national patent office. Comparable as a major PPH partner for EAPO and as a global examination work product source leveraged for accelerated Eurasian grants.

Direct peers

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): UN agency that administers PCT, Madrid, and Hague Systems. Comparable to EAPO in intergovernmental IP-services structure; EAPO acts under PCT as receiving, designated, and selected office and recently joined the Hague System administered by WIPO.
• European Patent Office (EPO): Regional patent granting authority for European Patent Convention member states. Directly comparable to EAPO as a regional intergovernmental patent office that issues patents with territorial effect across multiple jurisdictions via a single application, with active PPH partnership with EAPO.
• African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI): Francophone African regional IP office delivering a unitary patent title across member states. Provides a directly comparable regional patent-grant model to EAPO and is listed in EAPO's international cooperation network.
• African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO): Regional intergovernmental patent office granting patents with effect across African member states via a single application. Direct structural analog to EAPO's Eurasian regional model and listed as an EAPO international cooperation partner.

Regional players

• National Center of Intellectual Property of Belarus: Belarus's national patent office and an EAPC contracting state that channels Eurasian filings. Directly comparable as a member-state patent office partnered with EAPO; its director participated in the Hague accession ceremony.
• Rospatent (Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Russia): Russian national IP office that co-exists with EAPO and acts as a national receiving channel for Eurasian applications. Materially comparable in geography and Russian-language operations but narrower in territorial scope than EAPO.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/EAPO_official
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCPzUFvo897pAnXjU1H06POA
• Facebookfacebook.com/eapo.official
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eurasian-patent-organization

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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