For the period of independence of Turkmenistan it has been created the national patent system which provides a legal protection to objects of the industrial property on the basis of issuing a patent, provisional patent and also certificates for trademarks and service marks.

The national patent system was organized based on the Patent law of Turkmenistan accepted in October, 1993 and International agreements signed by Turkmenistan. Adjusting the property and non-property relations arising as a result of a legal protection of objects of the industrial property, it became one of the most powerful progress stimulators affecting all spheres of a national economy.

Functioning and control of national patent system has been assigned to the Intellectual Property State Patent Service of Turkmenistan (Turkmenpatent) formed in 1993. Patent Service stays under supervision of Ministry of Finance and Economics of Turkmenistan.