China News Service Changsha, April 23 (correspondent Zhou Chuang Wu Si) Hunan Provincial Market Supervision Administration revealed on the 23rd that the province's first quarter patent applications were 2,1961, an increase of 4.99% year-on-year; 12,799 patents were authorized, an increase of 6.07% year-on-year; There are 50 PCT patent applications (international patent applications), and the protection and application of intellectual property rights in the province are stable and improving under the normalized epidemic prevention and control conditions.

  According to statistics, the number of applications for three types of patents (inventions, utility models, and designs) in Hunan in the first quarter of this year were 6,536, 12,546, and 2,879 respectively; the authorized amounts for the three types of patents were 1,804, 7,261, and 3,734, respectively. As of the end of March, there were 48,136 effective invention patents in the province, and 6.98 invention patents per 10,000 people; 41 intellectual property pledge financing registrations were carried out in the province, with a total amount of 737 million yuan in financing, and 39 enterprises passed intellectual property rights Pledge financing eased funding difficulties and helped companies resume work and resume production and patent transformation and application.

  From the perspective of the types of patent applicants, there were 16,601 and 5,360 applications for job patents and non-service patents, respectively, an increase of 4.69% and 5.93% over the same period last year. Duty patent applications accounted for more than 70% of the province ’s total applications, including 11,808 industrial and mining enterprises, 4,300 colleges, 306 government organizations, and 187 scientific research units.

  The enterprise's innovation consciousness is constantly increasing, and the scientific and technological innovation ability of colleges and universities is steadily improving. CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd., Zoomlion Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Hunan Zhongyan Industry Co., Ltd. ranked among the top 3 patent applications for industrial and mining enterprises; Central South University, Hunan University, Hunan University of Technology ranked among the top 3 patent applications for colleges and universities name.

  From a regional perspective, the top three cities and prefectures in Hunan with patent applications are Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan; the top three cities and prefectures with patent authorization are Changsha, Zhuzhou and Hengyang; The three cities and prefectures are Yongzhou, Chenzhou, and Zhuzhou; the top three cities and prefectures with year-on-year increase in patent authorization are Yiyang, Yongzhou, and Huaihua.

  As of the end of March, there were a total of 38,057 effective invention patents in Changzhutan area, accounting for 79.06% of the total effective invention patents in the province. The number of invention patents owned by 10,000 people reached 25.30, which is about 3.63 of the total number of invention patents owned by 10,000 people Times.

  Patent agencies have played an important role in realizing intellectual property rights of inventors ’innovations. As of the end of March, Hunan had established a total of 118 patent agencies in accordance with law, with nearly 1,200 patent agency qualification certificates and 372 practicing agents in the province. (Finish)