SIPO ceremony marks nation's millionth patent

During a ceremony on July 16, State Intellectual Property Office Commissioner Tian Lipu issued a patent certificate on the spot to the Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture to mark the 1 millionth invention patent granted in China.

In comments during the ceremony, Tian recalled that SIPO issued the first Chinese patent certificate to the No 207 Institute of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp in 1986.

The millionth patent came for an invention that uses 3-D technology to help agricultural researchers analyze and assist crop growth, said Xiao Boxiang, one of the inventors.