In 20 14, there were tens of thousands of patent applications in China.

In 20 14, China National Intellectual Property Administration * * * accepted 928,000 invention patent applications, up 12.5% year-on-year. Among them, there are 80 1 000 domestic invention patent applications, accounting for 86.3% of the total; The number of foreign invention patent applications in China is127,000, accounting for 13.7% of the total. In 20 14, China * * * authorized 233,000 invention patents, up 12.3% year-on-year. Among them, there are1630,000 domestic invention patents, accounting for 70.0% of the total; There are 70,000 foreign invention patents in China, accounting for 30.0% of the total.