Amazing! 2017 China Patent Statistics

Source: iprdaily Comprehensive State Intellectual Property Office official website 2018-01-19 iprdaily Guide: on January 18, the State Intellectual Property Office released the main work statistics and relevant information in 2017 in Beijing In 2017, the number of patent applications for invention in China was 1.382 million, up 14.2% year on year A total of 420000 invention patents were authorized, including 327000 domestic invention patents, a year-on-year increase of 8.2% On January 18, the State Intellectual Property Office held a press conference in Beijing Hu Wenhui, spokesman of the State Intellectual Property Office, released the main work statistics and relevant information in 2017 According to reports, in 2017, the number of patent applications for invention in China was 1.382 million, up 14.2% year on year A total of 420000 invention patents were authorized, including 327000 domestic invention patents, a year-on-year increase of 8.2% Among the domestic invention patents, there are 304000 service inventions, accounting for 92.8%; 23000 non service inventions, accounting for 7.2% In 2017, the top ten enterprises (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) in China's invention patent authorization were: State Grid Corporation of China (3622), Huawei Technology Co., Ltd (3293), China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (2567), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd (1845), ZTE Co., Ltd (1, 699 pieces), Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd (1454 pieces), Zhuhai Gree Electric Co., Ltd (1273 pieces), Guangdong opper Mobile Communication Co., Ltd (1222 pieces), China National Petroleum Corporation (1008 pieces), China core international integrated circuit manufacturing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd (862 pieces) By the end of 2017, there were 1356000 invention patents in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), and 9.8 invention patents per 10000 population The top ten provinces (districts and cities) with the largest number of invention patents per 10000 population are Beijing (94.5), Shanghai (41.5), Jiangsu (22.5), Zhejiang (19.7), Guangdong (19.0), Tianjin (18.3), Shaanxi (8.9), Fujian (8.0), Anhui (7.7) and Liaoning (7.6) In 2017, the State Intellectual Property Office accepted 51000 PCT international patent applications, a year-on-year increase of 12.5% Among them, 48000 came from China, up 12.5% year on year In 2017, there were 7 provinces (districts and cities) with more than 1000 PCT international patent applications, namely Guangdong (26800), Beijing (5100), Jiangsu (4600), Shanghai (21000), Shandong (17000), Zhejiang (14000) and Hubei (13000), and the PCT international patent applications of the above 7 provinces and cities accounted for more than 90% of the total domestic patent applications In 2017, China one belt, one road, the number of patent applications published by the countries along the belt (excluding China) was 5608, up 16% over the same period last year Among them, there are 2724 patent applications in India, 1354 in Russia, and the scale of patent applications has taken shape In 2017, the one side of the "one belt, one road" state applied for 4319 patents in China, an increase of 16.8% over 2016, and 41 countries in China, 4 more than in 2016 In 2017, there were 67000 patent administrative law enforcement cases nationwide, an increase of 36.3% year on year Among them, there were 28000 patent disputes (including 27000 patent infringement disputes), a year-on-year increase of 35.0%; 39000 counterfeit patent cases were investigated and dealt with, a year-on-year increase of 37.2% In 2017, the total amount of patent pledge financing was 72 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 65%; the number of pledge projects was 4177, a year-on-year increase of 60% In 2017, the Patent Reexamination Board accepted 34123 requests for reexamination, a year-on-year increase of 160%; it accepted 4565 requests for invalidation, a year-on-year increase of 15% In 2017, the State Intellectual Property Office continued to push forward the reform of "release and management service", reducing patent fees by 5.8 billion yuan and submitting 2.698 million materials We will introduce and implement administrative measures for priority examination of patents to support the development of key industries We carried out centralized management of patent agency "hang license", further standardized market order, and carried out pilot reform of patent agency industry in 12 provinces including Sichuan Throughout the year, 324 patent agencies were approved to be established, 150 of which enjoyed the reform pilot policy The national patent agent qualification examination process was further optimized, with more than 32000 applicants and 5094 passing the examination, all reaching a record high By the end of 2017, there were more than 1824 patent agencies and more than 16000 patent agents in China According to the person in charge of relevant departments of the State Intellectual Property Office, in 2017, the statistical data mainly showed the following four characteristics: first, the level of patent creation in China was steady and progressive In 2017, the number of domestic invention patent applications and authorizations increased steadily, 15.4% and 8.2% higher than that in 2016, respectively; the number of invention patents per 10000 population reached 9.8, 1.8 higher than that at the end of 2016 The proportion of patent applications and ownership in China has been further increased, reaching 90.2% and 67.8% respectively The growth rate of invention patent applications in the central and western provinces reached 27.4%, 16.8 percentage points higher than that in the eastern provinces, and the regional development was more balanced Second, the innovation subject position of domestic enterprises has been further consolidated In 2017, enterprises accounted for 63.3% and 66.4% of China's domestic patent applications and ownership, respectively, 1.6 and 0.9 percentage points higher than that in 2016; the contribution rate of enterprises to the growth of China's domestic patent applications reached 73.5% The maintenance rate of effective invention patents of domestic enterprises over five years reached 70.9%, 3.4 percentage points higher than that in 2016 Third, the overseas patent distribution ability of Chinese enterprises has been continuously enhanced In 2017, 44 domestic enterprises submitted more than 100 pct international patent applications, an increase of 18 compared with 2016 Enterprises such as Guangdong opper Mobile Communication Co., Ltd and Shenzhen Dajiang Innovation Technology Co., Ltd grew rapidly, with a year-on-year growth of 142.3% and 46.9% respectively China's one belt, one road, one belt, one road, has maintained a relatively rapid growth in patent applications, and the intensity of the enterprise's patent layout has been increasing Fourth, there is still a gap between the patent layout of some fields and that of foreign countries Among the 35 technical fields divided by the world intellectual property organization, in 2017, the number of domestic invention patents was higher than that of foreign invention patents in China by 30, an increase of 1 compared with 2016 Only in the five fields of optics, medical technology, engine, audio-visual technology, transportation, there was a weak gap between China and foreign countries However, from the perspective of the number of invention patents that have been maintained for more than 10 years, the number of domestic invention patents is still 29 The number of technical fields is less than that of foreign countries Therefore, China still needs to cultivate high-value core patents The heads of patent management department, planning and development department, patent office examination business management department, Patent Reexamination Board and other departments of the State Intellectual Property Office attended the conference and answered the questions of the reporters Attachment: live broadcast of pictures and texts: Statistics and relevant information of the main work of the State Intellectual Property Office in 2017 press conference host Hu Wenhui, director of the office of the State Intellectual Property Office: Good morning, friends from the press! Welcome to the press conference of the State Intellectual Property Office This press conference is the first regular press conference of the State Intellectual Property Office in 2018 Thank you for your concern and support for China's intellectual property cause in the past year Now, I would like to introduce the leaders present at today's conference: Director Bi Nan of the planning and development department, director Zheng Huifen of the examination business management department of the patent office, deputy director Ge Shu of the Patent Reexamination Board, and deputy director Zhao Meisheng of the patent management department I'm Hu Wenhui, spokesman and chief of staff of the Bureau Next, we will release the main work statistics and relevant information of the State Intellectual Property Office in 2017, and answer your questions 1、 Main statistics in 2017, the number of patent applications for invention in China was 1.382 million, up 14.2% year on year A total of 420000 invention patents were authorized, including 327000 domestic invention patents, a year-on-year increase of 8.2% Among the domestic invention patents, there are 304000 service inventions, accounting for 92.8%; 23000 non service inventions, accounting for 7.2% In 2017, the top ten enterprises (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) in China's invention patent authorization were: State Grid Corporation of China (3622), Huawei Technology Co., Ltd (3293), China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (2567), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd (1845), ZTE Co., Ltd (1, 699 pieces), Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd (1454 pieces), Zhuhai Gree Electric Co., Ltd (1273 pieces), Guangdong opper Mobile Communication Co., Ltd (1222 pieces), China National Petroleum Corporation (1008 pieces), China core international integrated circuit manufacturing (Shanghai) Co., Ltd (862 pieces) By the end of 2017, there were 1356000 invention patents in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), and 9.8 invention patents per 10000 population The top ten provinces (districts and cities) with the largest number of invention patents per 10000 population are Beijing (94.5), Shanghai (41.5), Jiangsu (22.5), Zhejiang (19.7), Guangdong (19.0), Tianjin (18.3), Shaanxi (8.9), Fujian (8.0), Anhui (7.7) and Liaoning (7.6) In 2017, our bureau accepted 51000 PCT international patent applications, up 12.5% year on year Among them, 48000 came from China, up 12.5% year on year In 2017, there were 7 provinces (districts and cities) with more than 1000 PCT international patent applications, namely Guangdong (26800), Beijing (5100), Jiangsu (4600), Shanghai (21000), Shandong (17000), Zhejiang (14000) and Hubei (13000), and the PCT international patent applications of the above 7 provinces and cities accounted for more than 90% of the total domestic patent applications In 2017, China one belt, one road, the number of patent applications published by the countries along the belt (excluding China) was 5608, up 16% over the same period last year Among them, there are 2724 patent applications in India, 1354 in Russia, and the scale of patent applications has taken shape In 2017, the one side of the "one belt, one road" state applied for 4319 patents in China, an increase of 16.8% over 2016, and 41 countries in China, 4 more than in 2016 In 2017, there were 67000 patent administrative law enforcement cases nationwide, an increase of 36.3% year on year Among them, there were 28000 patent disputes (including 27000 patent infringement disputes), a year-on-year increase of 35.0%; 39000 counterfeit patent cases were investigated and dealt with, a year-on-year increase of 37.2% In 2017, the total amount of patent pledge financing was 72 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 65%; the number of pledge projects was 4177, a year-on-year increase of 60% In 2017, the Patent Reexamination Board accepted 34123 requests for reexamination, a year-on-year increase of 160%; it accepted 4565 requests for invalidation, a year-on-year increase of 15% In 2017, our bureau continued to push forward the reform of "releasing management service", reducing the patent fee by 5.8 billion yuan and submitting 2.698 million materials We will introduce and implement administrative measures for priority examination of patents to support the development of key industries We carried out centralized management of patent agency "hang license", further standardized market order, and carried out pilot reform of patent agency industry in 12 provinces including Sichuan Throughout the year, 324 patent agencies were approved to be established, 150 of which enjoyed the reform pilot policy The national patent agent qualification examination process was further optimized, and the number of applicants exceeded