According to the latest statistics of China National Intellectual Property Administration, by the end of 20 1 1, there were 2.74 million valid patents in China, up 23.6% year-on-year, including 697,000 valid invention patents, up 23.4% year-on-year, and126,5438+valid utility model patents. There are 35 1 000 valid invention patents in China, accounting for 50.4% of the total. China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) has 2.37 invention patents per 10,000 population.
It is noteworthy that in 20 1 1 year, China accepted PCT international patent applications 17473, with a year-on-year increase of 35.3%.
Source: Intellectual Property News
China National Intellectual Property Administration, the official website, also has a title titled "20 1 China accepts more than116.33 million patent applications".