First Release of Statistics for Patents, Trademarks and Geographical Indications from the State Intellectual Property Office
On July 10, 2018, the State Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter referred to as the SIPO) held a regular press conference for the 3rd quarter of 2018 in Beijing. It is understood that this is the third press conference held by the SIPO this year, and that it is also the first time that the SIPO releases statistics for patents, trademarks and geographical indications to the public since it has been reconstructed. The journalists learned from the press conference that in the first half of 2018, China’s major intellectual property indicators achieved rapid growth and showed a good development momentum, in which the number of patent applications for invention and the number of granted patents in China rose to 751,000 and 217,000 respectively, and the number of registration of trademark applications was 3.586 million as well as 10 new applications for products protected by geographical indications were accepted.