In the first half of 2020, China’s main intellectual property indicators were in line with expectations, and the development of intellectual property undertakings remained stable.

(1) In terms of patents, in the first half of the year, totally 683,000 invention patent applications were filed; a total of 217,000 invention patents were granted.  Among them, 176,000 domestic invention patents were granted. Among the domestic invention patent authorizations, there are 169,000 service inventions, accounting for 96.0%; and 7,000 non-service inventions, accounting for 4.0%.  In the first half of the year, the top 3 domestic (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) invention patents were granted by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (2772), OPPO Guangdong Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. (1925), and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. (1432). Pieces).

In the first half of the year, 29,500 PCT international patent applications were accepted, a year-on-year increase of 22.6%.  Among them, 26,800 were domestic, an increase of 20.7% year-on-year.

In the first half of the year, 26,200 patent reexamination requests were accepted; 25,700 cases were closed.  2,600 requests for invalidation of patents were accepted; 4,300 cases were closed.  The examination period of China's invention patents is 20.3 months, high-value patent examination period is 15.2 months, utility model examination period is 6.4 months, and design examination period is 3.2 months.

(2) In terms of trademarks, in the first half of the year, the number of trademark applications in China was 4.284 million; the number of trademark registrations was 2.629 million.  As of the end of June 2020, the number of valid registered trademarks in China was 27.414 million.

A total of 3875 applications for the international registration of Madrid trademarks from Chinese applicants were received, a year-on-year increase of 36.0%.  As of the end of June 2020, the number of valid Madrid international trademark registrations for Chinese applicants was 41,000.

In the first half of the year, 166,000 applications for trademark examination and adjudication of various types were received, and 192,000 were closed.  The average review period for trademark registration has stabilized within 4.5 months.

(3) In terms of geographical indications, in the first half of the year, CNIPA approved 322 companies using special signs for geographical indication products and 364 registered geographical indication trademarks.  As of the end of June 2020, a total of 2,385 geographical indication products have been approved, 8,811 companies using special signs have been approved, and a total of 5,682 geographical indication trademarks have been registered.

(4) In terms of layout design of integrated circuits, in the first half of the year, China's integrated circuit layout design registration applications were 5,176, a year-on-year increase of 78.2%; 5,262 certificates were issued, a year-on-year increase of 111.6%.

(5) In terms of protection and use of intellectual property rights, in the first half of the year, there were a total of 5,320 administrative rulings on patent infringement disputes in various provinces (regions and municipalities) across the country.  The domastic patent and trademark pledge deposit amounted to 85.3 billion CNY, a year-on-year increase of 45%, and the number of pledge projects was 4678, a year-on-year increase of 52%.

From CNIPA

July 10th, 2020