Table 4 Statistics on domestic patents in force by patentee type

Dec. 2025

Unit: piece

Service

Non-service

Classification by patent type

Colleges and
  universities

Scientific
  research
  institutes

Enterprises

Public institutions

Individuals

Invention

Patents in
  force

922931

291768

4020506

77359

81032

Composition

17.1%

5.4%

74.5%

1.4%

1.5%

Utility model

Patents in force

217535

90567

10574951

216263

382720

Composition

1.9%

0.8%

92.1%

1.9%

3.3%

Industrial
  Design

Patents in
  force

39754

5983

2308663

12052

678331

Composition

1.3%

0.2%

75.8%

0.4%

22.3%