The State Intellectual Property Office will expand its annual patent analysis to cover 12 new sectors this year, said Ge Shu, a senior official of SIPO on Monday. Part of a non-profit program that SIPO initiated in 2010 to popularize patent analysis across the country, the topics added this year include industrial robots, satellite positioning and navigation, LED lighting, and the Internet of Things. The addition will expand the scope of the analysis to cover 38 sectors in total. The total number of categories will be increased to 50 by 2015. To date, 16 reports on different industries have been published. The report series aims to provide a model for industrial patent analysis and help companies improve their IP management, Ge said.

(Source: China Daily)