Per the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) 2024 Global Innovation Index released on September 26, 2024, China ranks eleventh, up a spot from 2023 and returning to its 2022 rank. Switzerland, Sweden, and the United States are the top three innovative countries per the Index. China, for a second consecutive year, leads with the most science and technology clusters (26) in the top 100. The United States follows, with 20 clusters, then Germany with eight.
Category: Statistics
CNIPA Releases Report on National Intellectual Property Agency Industry Development Status (2023)
On August 16, 2024, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a report on the National Intellectual Property Agency Industry Development Status (2023) (全国知识产权代理行业发展状况（2023年)). The report provides statistics on the patent agent industry including the number of patent and trademark firms, number of patent agents, and number of patent agent bar exam takers. Of note, the number of patent agent bar exam takers declined for the first time in a decade and the number of trademark agencies dropped almost 50% …
Chinese Utility Model Grants Continue Slide in First Half of 2024
According to recently released statistical data from the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), utility model grants are down about 12% from the first half of 2023. Chinese utility model grants were already down 25% in the first half of 2023 year-on-year. However, the rate of decline in utility model grants has slowed from a 30% decline in the first quarter of 2024. The number of utility models granted was 966,514, down from 1,104,223 in the first half of last …
WIPO: China is at the Forefront of Global Patenting Activity in Generative AI
In a patent landscape report released July 3, 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) stated that “China is at the forefront of global patenting activity in GenAI. China was responsible for more than 38,000 patent family publications between 2014 and 2023, based on the inventor addresses published on patents. Since 2017, China has published more patent families in this field every year than all other countries combined.” The U.S. is second with around 6,300 patent families between 2014 and …