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Article: China sees sharp increase in domestic patent applications
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- January 29, 2008
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China sees sharp increase in domestic patent applications
SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- China received more than
153,000 domestic invention patent applications in 2007, up 25
percent over 2006, a top Chinese official of intellectual
propertyrights said here on Tuesday.
Director of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Tian
Lipu said foreign invention patent applications reached 92,000 in
2007, up 4.5 percent over the previous year.
"Domestic patent applications for inventions accounted for
62.4percent of the total invention patent applications accepted by
SIPO in 2007 while only 37.6 percent were from overseas." Tian said
at an annual meeting of ISPO.
He said the proportion ...