For the year 2008, China's State Intellectual Property Office filed 6,089 patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, an increase of 11.9% over the previous year. The increase in foreign-filed applications allowed China to move up from seventh to sixth place in the ranking of countries with the most international patent applications, surpassing the United Kingdom.
The first five places in the ranking were occupied by the United States, Japan, Germany, South Korea and France. Stay tuned to www.maierandmaier.com for further developments and information on Chinese Intellectual Property matters.
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