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Article: PATENT APPLICATIONS INCREASE SHARPLY IN CHINA: REPORT.
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- August 10, 2007
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GENEVA, Aug 10 Asia Pulse - Patent applications in China have increased very quickly in recent years, which reflects the rising level of innovation in the country, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) said on Friday.
In 2005, for which latest complete statistics are available, China's patent office experienced the highest growth rate of 42.1 per cent in resident patent filings, the UN agency said in its annual world patent report.
China's patent office processed more than 173,000 patent applications in 2005, among which 93,172 are direct filings by Chinese residents, the report said. Patent applications by non-residents (foreign ...