China Grants More Patents in 2012

The SIPO granted 1.26 million patents in 2012 to domestic and overseas applicants, up 31.25 percent from a year earlier. Now, China had 435,000 legitimate invention patents, which represent an average of 3.23 invention patents for every 10,000 Chinese.

The government aims to have an average of 3.3 legitimate invention patents per 10,000 people by 2015.

(Source: SIPO)