China International Patent Application Global Fifth trademark registration world first

BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) China's State Council News Office 29th held a press conference on the development of China's intellectual property rights in 2009, Ganschonin, deputy director of the State Intellectual Property Office, said China's 2009 international patent application leapt to the fifth world.　　Li Jianchang, director of the Trademark Bureau of the State Administration for industry and Commerce, said that up to now, China's trademark registration cumulative Application volume, registered trademarks and trademark annual applications are ranked first in the world. Ganschonin said that China's "patent law" has been implemented for 25 years, China's patent system in the country's economic, social and scientific and technological development plays an increasingly important role. 2009, China's patent application summed up 5 characteristics: First, the domestic patent application volume continues to show rapid growth trend.　　According to statistics, China's patent application volume reached 970,000 in 2009, an increase of 17.9% from the previous year, of which the number of domestic patent applications rose to 22.4%. Second, the proportion of domestic invention patent has been increasing. In three patent applications in China, the proportion of invention patents reached 26.1% last year, up 2.5% from five years ago.　　Domestic invention patent application for the entire invention patent application total reached 73%, an increase of 18% per cent. Third, the main position of enterprise innovation is established, in the domestic application, the 2009 job invention to 55%, the enterprise application accounted for the total number of domestic job inventions about 80%, fully show that enterprises increasingly become the subject of intellectual property creation.　　In the authorized Invention patent application, last year domestic invention patent also exceeded overseas application for the first time, reached 50.9% of total amount. Four is the international patent application leaped the world fifth.　　When China became a party to the patent Cooperation Treaty in 1994, China's international patent application was only 103, and it was close to 8,000 last year. Five is the patent examination and approval ability obviously promotion.　　At present, China's invention patents, utility model patents, design patents of the real trial period of 25.8 months, 5.8 months and 5.5 months, have reached the world's relatively advanced level. Li Jianchang said that so far, the number of registered trademark registration has reached 7.22 million, the registered trademark reached 4.27 million, the trademark year application volume reached 830,000, ranked first in the world.　　At the same time, through the Madrid Agreement, foreign enterprises to China to apply for registration of trademarks reached 142,800, 5 consecutive years in the world, Chinese enterprises to apply for registration of foreign trademarks to 9,721, 5 consecutive years in the world eighth. The question of whether to solve the issue of the trademark backlog within 3 years, "can be clearly said, absolutely no problem". The official said China has completed 1.4 million trademark censorship this year, shortening the review cycle to within a year, and solving the backlog thoroughly. Finish)