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Analysis of Patent Citations (Last update: 01.02.2026)
Top patents cited by examiners
Geographical distribution of patents cited by examiners
Top patents cited by applicants
Geographical distribution of patents cited by applicants
Top 10 MD patents cited abroad, according to Lens DB. Number of citations has been corrected with Espacenet data and completed with additional RU citations retrieved from Rospatent DB (Situation on 23.11.2015)
Top patents cited by examiners
Top patents cited by examiners
No.
Country
Number
Total
1
MD
3389
33
2
MD
2386
23
3
MD
2509
22
4
MD
99
21
5
MD
4112
21
6
MD
3075
19
7
MD
3577
19
8
MD
4194
18
9
MD
1748
18
10
MD
545
17
11
MD
2061
17
12
MD
2103
17
13
MD
2328
17
14
MD
3158
17
15
MD
3258
17
16
MD
2409
17
17
MD
2130
16
18
MD
3950
16
19
MD
3390
16
20
MD
3154
16
21
MD
2735
16
22
MD
3247
16
23
MD
4108
16
24
MD
4069
16
25
MD
538
16
Geographical distribution of patents cited by examiners
Geographical distribution of patents cited by examiners
No.
Country
Total
1
MD
9928
2
RU
5633
3
SU
5223
4
US
2583
5
WO
1257
6
CN
922
7
EA
717
8
EP
668
9
JP
622
10
DE
417
11
GB
405
12
UA
391
13
FR
295
14
RO
261
15
KR
226
16
CA
107
17
ES
51
18
BY
51
19
AU
44
20
BG
30
21
NZ
21
22
TW
20
23
CH
19
24
MX
17
25
HU
16
Top patents cited by applicants
Top patents cited by applicants
No.
Country
Number
Total
1
MD
3389
35
2
MD
3390
12
3
SU
150465
10
4
MD
253
9
5
MD
4823
8
6
MD
2509
8
7
MD
2379
8
8
EP
0534859
8
9
SU
956716
8
10
SU
1532578
8
11
SU
1167286
8
12
SU
1339221
8
13
MD
162
7
14
MD
923
7
15
MD
1702
7
16
MD
3992
7
17
MD
2775
7
18
MD
4048
7
19
EP
1482029
7
20
EP
2277990
7
21
RU
2115176
7
22
RU
2016763
7
23
MD
99
6
24
MD
479
6
25
MD
4532
6
26
MD
3823
6
27
MD
4397
6
28
MD
1508
6
29
MD
1748
6
30
MD
2458
6
31
MD
2288
6
32
MD
3489
6
33
MD
359
6
34
MD
1193
6
35
MD
1758
6
36
RU
2065869
6
Geographical distribution of patents cited by applicants
Geographical distribution of patents cited by applicants
No.
Country
Total
1
MD
2134
2
RU
2075
3
SU
1765
4
US
1105
5
WO
455
6
EP
345
7
DE
141
8
GB
128
9
CN
118
10
RO
112
11
JP
106
12
FR
83
13
UA
62
14
EA
35
15
KR
34
16
CA
23
17
ES
13
18
AT
11
19
CH
9
20
BG
8
21
PL
8
22
BY
8
23
AU
7
24
SE
6
25
HU
5
Top 10 MD patents cited abroad, according to Lens DB. Number of citations has been corrected with Espacenet data and completed with additional RU citations retrieved from Rospatent DB (Situation on 23.11.2015)
Top
Patent
Owner or applicant
Citations retrieved from BD
Lens
Corrected citations according to
Espacenet*
After completion with additional RU citations retrieved from RUAB**
1
2360 B2
USM
4
4
8
2
114 Y
INSTITUTUL ȘTIINȚIFICO-PRACTIC DE HORTICULTURĂ ȘI TEHNOLOGII ALIMENTARE
4
1
1
3
3869 B1
COVALENCO Nicolae Pavel; COVALENCO Nicolae Nicolae
4
2
2
4
20030163 A
POPEL Svetlana; AVDEEV Ludmila
3
3
49
5
3445
ABABII Ion et al
3
1
1
6
1779 F1
ÎM EUROFARM SRL
2
2
2
7
1877 F1
BELRON INTERNATIONAL (NL)
2
2
2
8
2078 F1
USMF
2
2
2
9
2133F1
INST DE CERCETĂRI ȘTIINȚIFICE ȘI CONSTRUCȚII TEHNOLOGICE PENTRU TUTUN ȘI PRODUSE DIN TUTUN
2
2
3
10
2184 F1
UNIVERSITATEA AGRARĂ DE STAT DIN MOLDOVA
2
2
2
* one citation per patent family
** referative DB of Rospatent
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