The CNIPA revealed that more than 683,000 invention patent applications were filed, and a total of 217,000 invention patents were granted, in China in H1 of 2020.
About 229,000 Chinese companies applied for patents, witnessing an increase of 32,000 compared with the same period last year.
Huawei Technologies has been granted 2,722 invention patents in China in H1 of 2020, taking the leader's position among Chinese mainland companies, followed by OPPO with 1,925 and BOE Technology Group with 1,432 patents.
By the end of June, the number of valid invention patents in China had reached 1.996 million. The average ownership of invention patents had also reached 14.3 patents per 10,000 people.
The number of valid trademarks had reached 27.414 million.
The scale of using geographical indications has gradually expanded. In H1, 322 companies were approved to use geographical indications, comparing to 116 approved in the same period last year.
http://english.ipraction.gov.cn/article/ns/202007/317102.html
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