Rosneft pays particular attention to the processes of creation and management of the rights for the results of intellectual activity (intellectual property) and their equivalent intellectual property designations. The management of intellectual property rights is an essential part of the Company's activity in terms of innovation and technological development.

Within the management of intellectual property rights, the Company provides:

• assistance in the creation, identification of potentially protected intellectual property, including through regulatory, methodological, information and analytical regulation of this activity;
• legal protection of intellectual property and maintenance of protection documents;
• regular monitoring of violations of the Company's intellectual property rights by third parties and prevention of the Company’s violation by of such rights of third parties;
• patent purity of the Company's solutions and products;
• efficient use of the Company's intellectual property.

The Company’s active work on the development and application of new technologies allows it to ensure the implementation of the Innovation Development Program, and to actively develop and improve the Company's technologies and products, also ensuring the Company's global competitiveness.