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Chinese SIPO Received 828,328 Chinese Patent Applications in 2008

By Christopher J. Maier on March 30, 2009 11:58 AM
The Chinese State Intellectual Property Office recently announced that it had received 828,328 patent applications from Chinese applicants in the year 2008. The figure includes invention, utility model and design applications, and represents an increase of 19.4% over the previous year.

The SIPO also received a total of 289,838 applications for invention in 2008, an increase of 18.2% over the previous year. Of these, 194,579 applications were filed by Chinese applicants and 95,259 applications were filed by foreign applicants. This represents an increase of 18.2% in Chinese applications and an increase of 3.4% in foreign applications over the previous year.

The SIPO also granted a total of 411,982 applications, an increase of 17.1% over the previous year.

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