2003 PRC PATENT STATISTICS

05/01/2004

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The PRC State Intellectual Property Office re-cently announced patent statistics for 2003 as follows:

New patent applications: 308,487 (up by 22% over 2002).

	Domestic applicants	Foreign applicants	Total
Inventions	48,549	56,796	105,318
Utility models	107,842	1273	109,115
Designs	86,672	7427	94,054
Total	251,238	57,249	308,487

Registrations of patent licensing agreements: 182,226 (up by 37% over 2002).

	Domestic applicants	Foreign applicants	Total
Inventions	11,404	25,750	37,154
Utility models	68,291	615	68,906
Designs	69,893	6273	76,166
Total	149,588	32,638	182,226