{"id":2606,"date":"2023-05-14T18:51:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T18:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/?p=2606"},"modified":"2023-05-14T18:51:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T18:51:42","slug":"china-releases-report-on-national-intellectual-property-agency-industry-development-status-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/2023\/05\/china-releases-report-on-national-intellectual-property-agency-industry-development-status-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"China Releases Report on National Intellectual Property Agency Industry Development Status (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 11, 2023, <a href=\"http:\/\/cnipa.gov.cn\">China&#8217;s National Intellectual Property Administration<\/a> released the Report on National Intellectual Property Agency Industry Development Status (2022) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnipa.gov.cn\/art\/2023\/5\/11\/art_53_185016.html\">\u5168\u56fd\u77e5\u8bc6\u4ea7\u6743\u4ee3\u7406\u884c\u4e1a\u53d1\u5c55\u72b6\u51b5\uff082022\u5e74)<\/a>).\u00a0 In 2022, 645 new patent agencies were established in China, and 5 foreign patent agencies were approved to establish resident representative offices. By the end of 2022, there were 4,520 patent agencies (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), 63,311 patent attorneys, 31,347 practicing patent attorneys, and 4,405 litigation representatives. The number of applicants for the 2022 patent attorney qualification examination was 51,511 and the number of passers was 6,775 (a 13.5% pass rate vs. 46.3% in the U.S.).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Some highlights from the Report include:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Patent Agencies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At present, the number of national patent agencies is still growing rapidly. From 2016 to 2021, the annual growth rate of the number of patent agencies exceeded 20%. In 2022, the growth rate of the number of patent agencies slowed down, but remained at a relatively high level. By the end of 2022, the total number of patent agencies reached 4,520, a year-on-year increase of 586, with an annual growth rate of nearly 15%.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2607\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2607\" style=\"width: 1914px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2607\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAgencies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1914\" height=\"1325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAgencies.jpg 1914w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAgencies-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAgencies-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAgencies-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAgencies-1536x1063.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAgencies-1200x831.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Number of Chinese Patent Agencies 2013-2022. Total in blue with growth rate in orange.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Trademark Agencies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By the end of 2022, the number of trademark agencies nationwide reached 71,466. <\/span><span>In 2022, there were 7,569 newly registered trademark agencies and 64 canceled trademark agencies.\u00a0 However, after a re-registration process in 2023 Q1, there are only 18,096 registered trademark agencies nationwide including 16,921 that passed the review and 1,175 new agencies.\u00a0 All registered trademark agencies had to sign a letter of commitment to solemnly promise\u00a0 not to commit bribery, illegal employment, acting as an agent for malicious trademark registration applications, hoarding trademarks, and other irregularities.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2608\" style=\"width: 1977px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2608\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022TMAgencies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1977\" height=\"1260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022TMAgencies.jpg 1977w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022TMAgencies-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022TMAgencies-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022TMAgencies-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022TMAgencies-1536x979.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022TMAgencies-1200x765.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Total number of Trademark Agencies from 2013-2022. Total in blue, growth rate in orange.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Patent Attorneys<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the past ten years, the number of qualified patent attorneys in China has shown a rapid growth trend. The annual growth rate from 2013 to 2015 exceeded 20%; by the end of 2016, the number of patent attorneys had exceeded 30,000; from 2017 to 2020, the number of patent attorneys had increased by more than 5,000 each year; by the end of 2021, more than 60,000 people had obtained patent attorney qualifications. By the end of 2022, a total of 63,311 people have obtained patent attorney qualification certificates, an increase of 254% over 2013.<\/p>\n<p>In the past ten years, the number of practicing patent attorneys in China has also shown a trend of rapid growth. In 2014, the number of practicing patent attorneys exceeded 10,000; in 2019, the number of practicing patent attorneys exceeded 20,000, reaching 20,192; in 2022, the number of practicing patent attorneys reached 31,347, an increase of 16.8% over 2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2609\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2609\" style=\"width: 1929px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2609\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAttorneys.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1929\" height=\"1137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAttorneys.jpg 1929w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAttorneys-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAttorneys-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAttorneys-768x453.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAttorneys-1536x905.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2022PatentAttorneys-1200x707.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese Patent Attorneys 2013 &#8211; 2022. Total in orange, practicing patent attorneys in blue. Blue line indicates growth rate in practicing attorneys and red line indicates growth rate in total number of attorneys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Patent Attorney Examination<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The number of applicants for the patent attorney qualification examination is increasing year by year. In the past ten years, there have been two peaks in the number of applicants for the patent attorney qualification examination: the first was in 2013 and 2014, with an annual growth rate of more than 20%; the second was in 2018, and the number of applicants exceeded 39,000. In 2022, the number of applicants for the patent attorney qualification examination hit a new high, reaching 51,511, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%.\u00a0 This contrasts with the USPTO patent bar exam with only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspto.gov\/learning-and-resources\/patent-and-trademark-practitioners\/registration-exam-results-and-statistics\">1768 exams in 2022, a 14.2% decrease from 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2610\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2610\" style=\"width: 1864px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2610\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PatentBarExam2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1864\" height=\"1193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PatentBarExam2022.jpg 1864w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PatentBarExam2022-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PatentBarExam2022-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PatentBarExam2022-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PatentBarExam2022-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.chinaiplawupdate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/PatentBarExam2022-1200x768.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2610\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese Patent Bar Exam Applicants 2013-2022. Total in blue and growth rate in orange.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Blue Sky Crackdown on Intellectual Property Agencies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 2022, CNIPA continued to further promote the &#8220;Blue Sky&#8221; special rectification campaign for the intellectual property agency industry, cracking down on illegal agency behaviors including interviewing 1,489 patent agencies, ordering rectification of 923, filing 332 cases, and issuing administrative penalties in 238 cases.<\/p>\n<p>The full text is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnipa.gov.cn\/art\/2023\/5\/11\/art_53_185016.html\">here<\/a> (Chinese only).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">On May 11, 2023, China&#8217;s National Intellectual Property Administration released the Report on National Intellectual Property Agency Industry Development Status (2022) (\u5168\u56fd\u77e5\u8bc6\u4ea7\u6743\u4ee3\u7406\u884c\u4e1a\u53d1\u5c55\u72b6\u51b5\uff082022\u5e74)).\u00a0 In 2022, 645 new patent agencies were established in China, and 5 foreign patent agencies were approved to establish resident representative offices. By the end of 2022, there were 4,520 patent agencies (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan), 63,311 patent attorneys, 31,347 practicing patent attorneys, and 4,405 litigation representatives. 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