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Article: Patent Applications Increase in Singapore
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 3, 2002
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Patent applications filed in Singapore increased to 8,594 items in
2001, up 11 percent comparedwith the 7,720 items filed in the
previous year, according to the Intellectual Property Office of
Singapore (IPOS) Wednesday.
IPOS Director General Liw Woon Yin affirmed at a press conference
Wednesday that about 90 percent of the patent applications were filed
by foreigners and 7,569 of the patent applications were registered
or received certificates of grant in 2001, registering a 48 percent
growth over the year 2000.
Singapore Minister for Law and Minister for Foreign Affairs
S.R.Jayakumar confirmed that the number of patent and trade mark
applications from local companies and Singaporeans ...