SIPO Received 828,328 Patent Applications in 2008

According to the latest statistics on SIPO website, China received 828,328 patent applications last year, including the applications for invention, utility model and design, an increase of 19.4 percent year-on-year. Among them, Chinese applicants filed 717,144 patent applications, accounting for 86.6% of the total applications received, up 22.3 percent over the previous year. The foreign applicants filed 111,184 applications, accounting for 13.4% of the total applications received, up 3.5 percent over the previous year.

SIPO received 289838 applications for invention in 2008，up 18.2 percent over the last year. Among them, 194579 applications for invention were filed by Chinese applicants; a yearly increase of 27.1%. 95,259 applications for invention were filed by foreign applicants; a yearly increase of 3.4%.

In 2008, totally 411,982 applications were granted, an increase of 17.1 percent year-on-year.