Ministry of Economy in the annual Programme for competitiveness, innovation and entrepreneurship for the year 2015 ("Official Gazette", no. 194/2014) has provided an appropriate measure of support for increasing the competitiveness of the Macedonian industry, within which patents are also included.
For the patent support, through the Programme funds are allocated for the innovators for certain activities listed int Programme.
For the fund allocation for the patent suppport, a public call is published in the written media, and the public call, applications and the application procedure are available on the web site of the Ministry of the Eceonomy www.economy.gov.mk and www.konkurentnost.mk.