The number of international patent applications in China leapt to the top in the world, reaching 13.3 per 10,000 population

　　China's international patent applications rank first in the world (authoritatively issued) and the number
of invention patents per 10,000 population reaches 13.3

　　Beijing News, April 23 (Reporter Jiang Jianke) The State Council Information Office held a press conference on the 23rd, inviting the Director of the State Intellectual Property Office Shen Changyu, the Deputy Director He Zhimin, and the Director of the Copyright Administration of the Central Propaganda Department Yu Cike to introduce Chinese intellectual property in 2019 process status.

　　Shen Changyu said that in 2019, the construction of a strong IP country will accelerate. The quality and efficiency of patent and trademark examinations continued to improve. The examination period for high-value invention patents was compressed to 17.3 months, and the average examination period for trademark registrations was compressed to 4.5 months, exceeding the annual target tasks set by the State Council. Cumulative reduction and exemption of patent and trademark-related expenses for the whole year was 7.93 billion yuan.

　　The protection of intellectual property rights was comprehensively strengthened. Carry out special operations such as "iron fist", "sword net", "net sword" and "dragon". Investigated and handled 32,000 trademark violation cases and 77,000 counterfeit patent violation cases, with a total value of 510 million yuan. Handled 39,000 administrative adjudication cases of patent infringement disputes. Investigated and handled 10 thousand cases of various types of unfair competition, with a value of 3.16 billion yuan.

　　The quality of intellectual property has been steadily improved. The number of effective invention patents in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) reached 1.862 million, and the number of invention patents per 10,000 population reached 13.3, which fulfilled the goals and tasks determined by the national “Thirteenth Five-Year Plan” in advance. The number of domestic valid trademark registrations reached 25.219 million, with an average of 1 registered trademark for every 4.9 market entities. According to relevant reports and data from the World Intellectual Property Organization, China's ranking in the 2019 global innovation index has risen to 14th place, up 3 places from 2018, ranking first among middle-income economies; in 2019, China passed the Patent Cooperation The Treaty (PCT) route filed 59,000 patent applications, ranking first in the world; it submitted 6,339 international trademark registration applications through the Madrid system, ranking third in the world.

　　The efficiency of the use of intellectual property has been significantly improved. Statistics show that in 2018, the added value of China's patent-intensive industries reached 10.7 trillion yuan, accounting for 11.6% of GDP, becoming an important support for high-quality economic development. In 2018, the added value of China's copyright industry reached 6.6 trillion yuan, accounting for 7.37% of GDP.

　　Yu Cike said that the "Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances" will take effect on April 28. This is the first international intellectual property treaty concluded in China and named after our country since the founding of New China. From June 20 to 26, 2012, the World Intellectual Property Organization held the "Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances" in Beijing, China, and successfully concluded the "Beijing Audiovisual Performances Treaty." On January 28, 2020, Indonesia submitted a ratification letter to the World Intellectual Property Organization, becoming the 30th key member of the treaty. According to the entry into force of the "Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances", it will take effect three months after the 30 qualified parties have deposited their instruments of ratification or accession.

　　He Zhimin said that the State Intellectual Property Office has issued specific implementation opinions on deepening the reform of “delegating services” in the field of intellectual property and creating a good business environment, and proposed 78 specific measures in 14 areas. The average review period for trademark registration was shortened to 4.5 months, which was close to the fastest international level under the same system. The review period for trademark changes, transfers, and Madrid international registrations were all synchronously compressed. In 7 months, complex cases were compressed to 10 months. It is more convenient to handle trademark business. Applicants can handle major trademark business including registration, modification, transfer, Madrid international registration, etc. online and offline. The online application rate last year reached 94.5%. Of the 212 trademark acceptance windows nationwide offline, 103 can handle trademark pledge financing. Last year, the country helped companies raise about 41.1 billion yuan in financing, effectively solving the problem of corporate financing difficulties and expensive financing.