According to the report, in 20 10, the number of patent applications accepted by China's patent department increased by 24.3% compared with the previous year, reaching 39 1200, about 46,600 more than that of Japan, which ranked third. The number of patent applications in China maintained a rapid growth momentum of 10, with an average annual growth rate of 22.6% from 2006,5438+0 to 2065,438+0.
Francis Gurry, Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, said at the press conference that the rapid growth of intellectual property protection-related registration in China was mainly due to the massive investment in R&D and the rapid improvement of innovation capability. He believes that China is forming a virtuous circle between protecting intellectual property rights and enhancing innovation ability.
In 20 10, the number of patent applications ranked first in the world is still the United States. The United States accepted 490,200 patent applications, an increase of 7.5% over the previous year. In 20 10, the number of global patent applications increased by 7.2% compared with the previous year, reaching the highest level of1980,000. China and the United States account for 80% of the global new patent applications.
It is worth noting that according to the statistics of resident patent applications, the number of resident patent applications in China is about 293 1 000, which has surpassed Japan and ranked first in the world.