According to an ANTARA report published on February 11, 2026, Indonesia’s Directorate General of Intellectual Property (DJKI) has pledged to increase the number of registered domestic patents after declaring 2026 the “Year of the Patent.” DJKI said it will prioritize clearing the patent examination backlog, deepen cooperation with the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), involve experts in examinations, provide patent-drafting training, and improve examiner management and capacity so that domestic applications can move forward with better quality and greater confidence.
From a brief commentary perspective, the important signal is not only the numerical goal of having more patents registered. It is that Indonesia appears to be shifting patent governance away from a purely intake-oriented approach toward a model that gives more weight to examination efficiency, filing quality, and the conversion of research into protected domestic innovation. If backlog reduction and drafting support are delivered in practice, the increase in domestic patent registrations could become a sustained policy trend rather than a one-off slogan.
