Introduction. The study is relevant given the need for the Russian Federation's regions to experience sustained socioeconomic growth based on innovation activity, the need to create enabling environments for the domestic production of competitive goods and the establishment of knowledge-intensive industries amid the rising importance of import substitution and the adverse effects of the sanctions pressure from unfriendly countries. The study's objective is to evaluate the development of the intellectual property field across the Russian Federation. To achieve the study's objective, it is necessary to complete the following tasks: creating an algorithm for assessing the development of the intellectual property field in the regions; selecting a method for doing so; creating a system of indicators for the development of the intellectual property field in the regions; identifying and evaluating the risks associated with the development of the intellectual property field in the regions; drawing conclusions regarding the current situation. Methods. The article uses the integral assessment method to evaluate the development of the intellectual property field in the Russian Federation's regions. An evaluation of the scientific literature served as the foundation for the development of a system of indicators for measuring the development of the intellectual property field in the study's regions. We chose 18 areas of greatest interest for the assessment, computed their integral index, and provided an interpretation of its results. Results and Discussion. The regions where the field of intellectual property is most developed and those where it is degrading were identified. Conclusion. Conclusions were drawn regarding the reasons why the Russian Federation's regions differ in terms of the degree of the intellectual property field's development.