The Chinese Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has released some interesting figures pertaining to the filing of patent applications (link) in China:
For January/February 2009 (only):
Total patent applications filed at SIPO: 122194!
84.9% have been filed by domestic applicants while 15.1% have been filed by foreign applicants.
Here is the breakdown:
Invention patent: 47641
66.3% have been filed by domestic applicants while 33.7% have been filed by foreign applicants.
Utility model: 40896
99.3% have been filed by domestic applicants while 0.7% have been filed by foreign applicants.
Design: 33657
93.9% have been filed by domestic applicants while 6.1% have been filed by foreign applicants.
Questions:
Where is the recession? Why a vast majority of utility models and designs are filed by domestic applicants?
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