On November 11th, the 21st China Patent Award was awarded at the opening ceremony of the 12th China International Patent Technology and Products Fair. This is the first time that the China Patent Award Presentation Conference was held at this Fair.

At the China Patent Awards Presentation Conference, Hu Wenhui announced the awarding decision of the 21st China Patent Awards. CNIPA and WIPO decided to award 30 inventions the Utility Model Patents China Patent Gold Award, including “Ginkgolide-containing preparations and their techniques”; CNIPA decided to award 58 inventions the Utility Model Patents China Patent Silver Award including “Catalyst components and their catalysts for ethylene polymerization”; CNIPA decided to award 696 inventions including “a selective hydrogenation method for styrene block polymers containing conjugated diene prepared by coupling method”, Utility Model Patents China Patent Excellence Award; CNIPA decided to award the Guangdong Provincial Intellectual Property Office and other eight units the China Patent Award Best Organization Award, and Tianjin Intellectual Property Office and other 20 units China Patent Award Excellent Organization Award, Sun Yongfu and other 12 academicians, China Patent Award Best Recommendation Award.

The 21st China Patent Awards focused on key industries and core technologies in key fields, highlighted the “The pillars of a large nation” of the manufacturing industry, solved a number of significant technical problems, and achieved significant economic and social benefits.

This year’s awards have received extensive attention and active participation from all walks of life. A total of 2,479 projects were recommended by relevant departments of the State Council, local intellectual property offices, relevant national industry associations, and academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The most ever.

According to statistics, among the 766 award-winning invention patents, strategic emerging industries accounted for 62%, and intellectual property (patent)-intensive industries accounted for 83%. From the date of implementation to the end of 2018, the 40 gold award-winning projects have added 660 billion yuan in sales revenue, 62.9 billion yuan in new profits, and 136.3 billion yuan in new exports. The benefits are very significant.

Shen Changyu, Director of the National Intellectual Property Administration, Liu Ning, Deputy Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Governor, Tan Zuojun, Member of the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee, Liu Hua, Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization China Office, and Hu Wenhui, Deputy Director of the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office attended the opening ceremony and presented awards to the winning representatives.