——Patent—— [Trend Chart of Patent Applications in 2015-2019]
[Patent Grant Rate]
In 2019, the number of patent applications for invention in China was 1.401 million, a year-on-year decrease of 9.1%; the number of granted invention patents was 453,000, a year-on-year increase of 4.8%. In 2019, a total of 1.023 million patent applications for invention were concluded, with a grant rate of 44.3%, 9.2 percentage points below 53.5% in 2018.
【Comparison of Data in 2019 and 2018】
In 2019, the number of applications decreased by 141,341 and the number of granted patents increased by 20,657.
【Top 10 Domestic Enterprises for Invention Patents Granted in 2019】 (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan)
From January to December 2019, 2.268 million utility model patents were filed and 1.582 million were granted in China. By the end of December 2019, the number of valid utility model patents was 5.262 million.
In 2019, a total of 1.981 million patent applications for utility model were concluded, with a grant rate of 79.9%, an increase of 1 percentage point compared with 78.9% in 2018.
【Comparison of Data in 2019 and 2018】
In 2019, the numbers of applications and grants increased by 195,879 and 103,212, respectively.
From January to December, 712,000 patent applications for design were filed and 557,000 were granted in China. By the end of December 2019, the number of valid design patents was 1.79 million.
In 2019, a total of 744,000 patent applications for design were concluded, with a grant rate of 74.9%, down 5.5 percentage points from 80.4% in 2018.
【Comparison of Data in 2019 and 2018】
In 2019, the number of applications and grants increased by 2,818 and 20,278, respectively.
In 2019, a total of 61,000 PCT international patent applications were received in China, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%. Among them, 57,000 were from domestic applicants, a year-on-year increase of 9.4%. China's top 3 provinces (regions and cities) for PCT international patent applications are Guangdong (24,700), Beijing (7,200) and Jiangsu (6,600).
In 2019, a total of 55,000 requests for reexaminations were received and 37,000 were closed in China. 6,000 requests for invalidation were received and 5,000 were closed. ——Trademark—— [Statistics of Trademark Registration Applications in China from 2015 to 2019]
In 2019, the number of trademark applications and trademark registrations in China were 7.837 million and 6.406 million, respectively. In 2019, a total of 8.253 million trademark registration applications were concluded, and the average examination period is shortened to 4.5 months.
【Comparison of Data in 2019 and 2018】
The number of applications and registrations in 2019 increased by 466,732 and 1,398,445, respectively.
In 2019, 144,000 trademark oppositions were filed and 90,000 oppositions were concluded. 6,491 applications for Madrid international trademark registration were received from Chinese applicants. In addition, 361,000 applications for reviews were received and 337,000 review cases were concluded.
In 2019, the number of invention patent applications from abroad reached 157,000, an increase of 6.0% over the previous year; the number of trademark applications from abroad reached 255,000, an increase of 4.7% over the previous year.
From a country-by-country perspective, Japan, the U.S. and Germany ranked the top 3 in patent applications for inventions in China, with applications of 49,000, 39,000, and 16,000, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%, 1.5%, and 6.4%, respectively. The U.S., Japan and the UK ranked the top 3 in trademark applications in China, with applications of 54,000, 31,000 and 24,000, a year-on-year increase of 5.3%, 21.2% and 42.4%, respectively. Source:http://www.sohu.com/a/367531151_772837