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Improved patent quality

Statistics from the State Intellectual Property Office show the number of Chinese invention patent applications and authorizations accounted for more than 30 percent of the total filings over the past three months, indicating a maturing patent structure. Tao Xinliang, IP professor at Shanghai University, said Chinese companies and institutions are also improving the patent quality and suggested the government encourage companies to create more core proprietary technologies through clear policy guidance.