OREANDA-NEWS Based on reviewing the results of the best arrangement of invention, rationalization, patent and licensing work conducted by the Society of Inventors and Innovators of the Republic of Tatarstan TATNEFT Company was recognized as "The best enterprise of invention and rationalization 2016" and was awarded the Grand Cup.

The Honorary title and the Grand Cup of the Republican Council Society of Inventors and Innovators of the Republic of Tatarstan was awarded to TATNEFT for outstanding performance in innovation activities.

The objective of the Republican contest is promotion, development and intensification of mass invention and innovation movement, as well as the promotion of scientific and technical creativity in Tatarstan.

7, 916 authors implemented 13,341 2016 rationalization proposals, useful models and inventions at the Company in 2016. There had been 179 applications for the alleged invention, utility model and a computer program sent to the Federal Institute of Industrial Property and 233 patents for inventions, utility models and certificates for computer programs had been received