Chinese patent applications rise to some 650.000 in 2012, number 1 in the world

According to a WIPO release, in 2012 organizations in China applied for 652.800 (+24 %), in the USA for 542.800 (+7.8 %) and in Japan vor 342.800 (+0.1 %). Global patent applications in 2012 were 2.350.000, an increase in 9.2 %. Among European patent applications, those from Germany and the UK rose, from France and Italy dropped.

Kyodo News, December 10, 2013

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