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Written by Felix Da Silva (fdasilva@bitnip.com)
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008 |
 China received more than 153,000 domestic invention patent applications in 2007,
up 25 percent over 2006.
Director of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Tian Lipu said,
Domestic patent applications for inventions accounted for 62.4percent of the
total invention patent applications accepted by SIPO in 2007 while only 37.6
percent were from overseas.
It indicates that China's self-innovation capability is increasing and the
quality of domestic patent applications is improving.Patents Co-operation Treaty (PCT) applications in China also increased to 5,401 in 2007, up 38 percent
year-on-year, according to Tian.
Here are some figures from SIPO in 2007:
- 694,153 patent applications in 2007 accepted (up 21.1 over the previous
year)
- 245,161 were invention patents (up 16.5 percent)
- 181,324
were designs patents (12.4 percent)
Tian said,
It shows that the patent mechanism is playing a positive role in encouraging
invention and promoting technical innovation in China, and the Chinese people's
awareness of patent protection has been enhanced.
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