Companies and individuals in the province filed 49,960 invention patent applications in 2014, a rise of 43.3 percent from the previous year, according to a report by the State Intellectual Property Office last week. Both figures topped provinces in Central China. The ownership of invention patents per 10,000 residents in Anhui was 3.07 by the end of April, up 41.2 percent year-on-year. The growth ranked first among Central China provinces and second nationwide.

(Source: China Daily)