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Patent applications in 2005 reach record high
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-04-21 08:56
China accepted 476,264 patent applications and 830,000 trademark
applications last year, an all time high in the past 18 years, according
to a national press conference held in Beijing on Wednesday.
Patent applications grew 34.6 percent on a year-on-year basis, while
trademark applications increased by 10 percent, Zhang Qin, vice director
of the State Intellectual Property Office, said at a press conference on
intellectual property right protection.
China leads the world in trademark applications for four consecutive
years, Zhang said.
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