Numbers

• 2019-08-21 10,000

  As of the end of 2018, Xiaomi obtained more than 10,000 granted patents from home and aboard, 50% of which were from overseas.

• 2019-08-21 110,000

  As of the end of June this year, companies in Zhongguancun Demonstration Area, Beijing housed more than 110,000 invention patents. In the first half of this year, they obtained 29,000 granted patents, 13,000 for which were inventions, up 32% year-on-year.

• 2019-08-21 206,687

  As of the first half of 2019, the number of valid registered trademark of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region amounted to 206,687, up 41.88% over the same period of last year and 29.51% compared with the end of 2018.

• 2019-08-21 5,493

  In the first half of this year, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is home to 5,493 valid invention patents, and the number of valid invention patent owned by every 10,000 people amounted to 2.17. In parallel, the region housed 177,000 valid registered trademarks and 135 geographical indication trademarks.

• 2019-08-21 1,469

  In recent years, patent attorney industry is developing steadily in Jiangsu province with 3,100 trademark or patent agencies and 1,469 patent attorneys with a credential to operate.

• 2019-08-21 2.61246 trillion

  In the first half of 2019, China's service trade amounted to 2.61246 trillion yuan, up 2.6%. The service export and import reached 933.37 billion yuan and 1.67908 trillion yuan, up 9% and decreased by 0.6% respectively. The export of IPR royalties increased by 33%, according to the import and export of service in the first half of 2019 released by the Department of Trade in Service and Commercial Service of Ministry of Commerce of China.

• 2019-08-21 100,000

  The State Council recently released a document to promote E-filing of trademarks and patents. Prior to the end of 2019, pendency of patent examination is aimed to contract to 17.5 months; trademark 5 months. Backlog of invention patent applications is expected to drop 100,000 deep.

• 2019-08-07 51

  Recently, Weifang Municipal Market Regulation Authority of Shandong Province performed an assessment of companies applying for the titles of national IP model companies/elite companies for the year of 2019. As of now, the city is the home base for six such model companies and 51 elite companies. 

• 2019-08-07 1,052

  Haikou Customs in Hainan Province destroyed 1,052 pieces of goods infringing IPRs, involving copyrights and trademark rights of nine international brands such as 'Supreme' 'VANS' and 'adidas'.

• 2019-08-07 1,396

  In the first half of 2019, 1,396 patents were granted to applicants from Qinghai Province, up 7.1%. The number of invention patents per 10,000 citizens reached 2.51, up 14.6%.

• 2019-08-07 75

  In 2018, Pi County of Sichuan Province boasts 75 companies allowed to use the GI certificate mark 'PI County Broad Bean Sauce', a brand with an estimated value of 60 billion yuan. Products tagged with this GI are sold in 80 countries and regions including the U.S., Japan, Australia and Germany. 

• 2019-08-07 69

  Recently, Sina Finance and other institutions jointly issued the China Sci-tech Innovation Enterprise Panoramic Insight Report, revealing that companies pending approval for initial public offering (IPO) at the SSE Star Market owned 69 patents and 31 invention patents on average, dwarfing an average Joe tech company by 4 times and 7.7 times respectively.

• 2019-08-07 41

  The 34th National Youth Science and Technology Innovation Contest was recently held in Macao. 41 works from 27 primary/middle schools with a trial IP-related curriculum participated in the contest and 97.6% of them carried off a prize.

• 2019-08-07 65.38

  To the end of June, every 10,000 citizens of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province owned 65.38 valid invention patents. In the first six months of this year, the city filed 593 PCT international patent applications, up 53.63% compared to the same period of last year; obtained 6,625 invention patents, up 22.75%.

• 2019-08-07 22

  Beijing Haidian District is now home to 22 national-level elite intellectual property service providers, accounting for 71% of the city's total and 15.9% of the nation's total. Six IP firms engaging in IP analysis and evaluation are labeled as model ones, accounting for 75% of the city's total and 40% of the nation's total.

• 2019-07-31 600

  China (Sichuan) IP Protection Center, one of the initial IP centers of its kind in China, was approved to set up in August, 2017.  As of now, some 600 companies and public institutions have been registered to become the first group of businesses  to  enjoy  rapid  pre-examination.

• 2019-07-31 78

  As of now, the 78 approved GI (geographical indication) products in Anhui province have registered 154 GI certification marks. The province has formulated 42 local standards and 10 management regulations. 

   

• 2019-07-31 1,970

  As of now, China Railway No.4 Survey and Design Group have housed 1,970 valid patents, 440 of which were inventions, ranking the top in railway industry. 

• 2019-07-31 457

  In 2018, the Receiving Branch of the Patent Office of China National Intellectual Property Administration in Guangzhou has handled 457 pre-examination cases for designs, 423 of which have been granted. All of the pre-examined applications have been granted within period of about two weeks.

• 2019-07-31 234

  In the first half of 2019, the registration of patent pledge contract amounted to 234 in Shaanxi province, up 33.9% year-on-year, ranking fifth in China. In parallel, the companies in the province secured a loan of 1.289 billion yuan by pledging 387 patent rights, up 33.8% and 18.7% respectively.

• 2019-07-31 70

  In 2018, every 100 million yuan spent on R & D resulted in 70 invention patent applications filed in the country, up 19 over 1991, according to the report on Socio-economic Development of 70th Anniversary of Founding of People’s Republic of China issued by National Bureau of Statistics recently.

• 2019-07-31 14th

  China ranked 14th in innovation, up three spots over last year, maintaining the upward momentum for the fourth consecutive year, according to the 2019 Global Innovation Index Index issued by the World Intellectual Property Organization in India on July 24.  

• 2019-07-24 280 million

  VFine Music, a China music copyright commercial distribution platform, cooperated with Xiaomi in music copyright recently. The platform will authorized ringtones for MIUI theme shop, a mobile phone operating system of Xiaomi, benefiting 280 million MIUI users.

• 2019-07-24 12

  Recently, 12 patents of environmental protection and 3D printing owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences were auctioned at the China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fair. The start of the bid was set at 20,000 yuan and limited at 8 million yuan, resulting in all patents sold for a combined value of 3.96 million yuan.

• 2019-07-24 2

  According to a new book titled Cross-century Tracking and Analysis of Global Digital Copyright Protection Technology (1994-2017) published recently, China is the fastest-growing country in the field of digital copyright protection technology. Since 2000, the number of relevant patent applications from China has been growing rapidly, now only chasing the U.S. in the world.

• 2019-07-24 2,379

  As of the end of June, the number of patent attorneys with a credential to operate reached 20,000 for the first time ever and the number of patent agencies logged at 2,379, according to China National Intellectual Property Administration.

   

• 2019-07-24 5

  According to a decision made by China National Intellectual Property Administration and the Egyptian Patent Office, Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program between China and Egypt will be extended for another 5 years between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2024.

• 2019-07-24 15.4%

  The latest data released by China National Intellectual Property Administration show that foreign users filed 127,000 trademark registration applications in the first half of 2019, up 15.4%. The U.S., Japan and Britain take the top three spots.

• 2019-07-24 9.9%

  According to the latest statistics released by China National Intellectual Property Administration, the first half of 2019 witnessed 238,000 invention patent applications granted, up 9.9%; China also received 24,000 international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), up 4.9%.

• 2018-12-07 112

  China National Intellectual Property Administration and Education Ministry launched the national primary and secondary school intellectual property education pilot demonstration program in 2015. As of now, pilot schools certified by the state have reached 112, scattering around all the provinces except Tibet.

• 2018-12-07 6.017 Million

  According to the statistics from the China National Intellectual Property Administration, the number of trademark registration applications is 6.017 million in the first 10 months in 2018, up 36.4% year on year. The number of trademarks via the Madrid International Trademark Registration System is 4,640, ranking No.3 on the global scale.

• 2018-12-07 15,000

  Yangling Grape in Xinji Village of Yangling Demonstration Zone in Shaanxi province was registered as geographical indication (GI) certification trademark, the Zone's first. In recent years, the Zone produces 6.6 million kilograms of grapes annually, which translates into 40 million yuan in sales revenue and an income of 15,000 yuan per head.

• 2018-12-07 609 Million

  The Third China Dual-Use Technology Innovation and Application Competition was held in Hunan province. 42 Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards were granted among 775 innovation products recommended from 28 provinces and municipalities. Sixteen investment projects locked contracts during the competition, hauling in 609 million yuan. 

• 2018-12-07 400

  Patent Value Assessment Tools Competition was held in Beijing. Contestants use their big-data based tools to determine value of 400 patents, vying for multiple awards including Best Strength Award, Comprehensive Strength Award, and Best Practice Award.

• 2018-07-25 216

  According to statistics, in the first five months in 2018, 216 combined applications of invention patents, utility model and designs were filed in Kashgar, Xinjiang, including 22 invention patents, 151 utility model patents and 42 design patents.

• 2018-07-25 34

  As of July this year, 34 GI trademarks have been licensed to 332 enterprises and agricultural specialties in Guangyuan City, Sichuan province, which have achieved good economic returns.

• 2018-07-25 428

  Recently, 428 innovation and start-up projects were approved for attending the 7th China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition and the 4th “Kechuang Cup” Competition in Hainan Province.  More than 68% of projects were mobile internet ones.

• 2018-07-25 41

  The number of patent agencies increased from 24 at the end of 2015 to currently 41 in Jiangxi province, and 55.9% of patent applications were handled by those agencies since the province was approved to be the pilot province in 2016. The E-filing rate was 99.99%. 

   

• 2018-07-25 50

  Recently, a total of 50 invention patents won the 2018 patent awards of Yunnan province, covering the sectors of biomedicine, advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, new energy, and plateau characteristic agriculture.

• 2018-07-25 1,800

  The National Defense Science and Technology Industry Bureau and SIPO jointly released data shows that since 2015, China has issued four batches of national IP commercialization lists of defense science and technology, covering 312 projects with more than 1,800 items related to IP transformation.