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On January 1, 2009, the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia became a member of the European Patent Organisation after its ratification of the European Patent Convention. As noted within the recent European Patent Office (EPO) press release (link below), "The European Patent Organisation's members now include all 27 EU member states plus Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. Apart from the Organisation's members, its observer states Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia also recognise European patent applications and patents on their territory." According to Alison Brimelow, President of the European Patent Office (EPO), "The accession of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia means that companies and individual inventors can extend the protection of their intellectual property even further in the dynamic region of southeast Europe."

EPO Press Release: LINK
Macedonia State Office of Intellectual Property Website: LINK

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