How many patents are there in China a year?

China National Intellectual Property Administration keeps statistics on patents every year. If there is any publication, you can check it in official website.

In 20 14, China National Intellectual Property Administration * * * accepted 928,000 invention patent applications, with a year-on-year increase of 12.5%, ranking first in the world for four consecutive years. * * * Authorized 233,000 invention patents. Among them, domestic invention patents were granted1630,000, an increase of nearly 20,000 over last year. Among domestic invention patents, service invention patents were granted1460,000, accounting for 89.6%; The number of non-service invention patents granted was 6.5438+0.7 million, accounting for 654.38+0.4%.

In 20 14, the top ten provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) were: Beijing (23237), Guangdong (22276), Jiangsu (19,671) and Zhejiang (65438). 6 14), Shandong (10538), Sichuan (5682), Anhui (5 184), Shaanxi (4885) and Hubei (4855).