Patent applications in 2005 reach record high
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-04-21 08:56 China accepted 476,264 patent
applications and 830,000 trademark applications last year, an all time high in
the past 18 years, according to a national press conference held in
Beijing on Wednesday.
Patent applications grew 34.6 percent on a year-on-year basis, while
trademark applications increased by 10 percent, Zhang Qin, vice director of the
State Intellectual Property Office, said at a press conference on intellectual
property right protection.
China leads the world in trademark applications for four consecutive years,
Zhang said.
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