SIPO Publishes Statistics on Patent Applications and Grants in China 2014
Recently, the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) published the statistics on patent applications and grants in China for 2014. According to the statistics, a total of 2,361,243 patent applications were received by SIPO during the year. Breakdowns of the applications by patent type are as follows:
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Patent type
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No. of patent applications
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Year-on-year growth
|
|
Invention
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928,177
|
12.5%
|
|
Utility model
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868,511
|
-2.7%
|
|
Design
|
564,555
|
-14.4%
|
|
Total
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2,361,243
|
-1%
|
In addition, SIPO as a receiving office under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) received 26,169 international applications during the year (up 14.2%).
As for patent grants, a total of 1,302,687 patents were granted by SIPO in 2014, and breakdowns of the grants by patent type are as follows:
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Patent type
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No. of patent grants
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Year-on-year growth
|
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Invention
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233,228
|
12.3%
|
|
Utility model
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707,883
|
2.2%
|
|
Design
|
361,576
|
-12.3%
|
|
Total
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1,302,687
|
-1%
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