Latest numbers from SIPO reveal that patents filings and granting grow fast in the first half of the year. The Chinese patent authority SIPO received 676,000 applications, up 44.8%. In terms of types of patents, there are 218,000 applications for invention, 245,000 for utility model and 213,000 for design. Grants of the three types amounted to 445,000, up 24%. 

According to a representative from SIPO, features of the patents filings and grants for the first half are mainly presented as following: patents filings increased substantially by 35% from a year earlier. Among which, filings from home increased explosively while applications from abroad keep steady. With 310,000 applications, enterprises contributed substantially to the growth, representing 80% of the service applications.

(China IP News)