Patent Applications from Hebei Province Reached 23,079 of the First Quarter, Stable Advance in IP Creativity

 Patent Applications from Hebei Province Reached 23,079

It was known from Hebei Administration for Market Regulation (Hebei IP Office) that the IP affairs went well in the first quarter of 2019. According to statistics, there was an apparent increase in number of patent applications & grants, patents owned by every 10,000 people, applications for PCT international patents, trademarks, new well-known trademarks and geographical indications, which showed an advance in the IP creativity of Hebei province.

The number of patent applications & grants were still at a high level. The whole applications for patents reached 23,079 which increased by 14.86% compared to that of the last year. In detail, the number of patents of invention, utility model and design were 5,051, 14,632 and 3,396 in respect, which increased by 16.81%, 14.06% and 15.43% respectively compared to that of the last year. And there were 22 applications for PCT international patents accepted by the office. The total patents granted reached 13,199, which increased by 12.40% compared to that of the last year. In detail the number of patents granted of invention, utility model and design were 1,410, 9,208 and 2,581 in respect, which increased by 15.76%, 15.62% and 0.78% respectively compared to that of the last year.

The number of patents owned by every 10,000 people broke the record again with the total number of available patents of invention of 25,836, which meant 3.41 items for every 10,000 people in average and increased by 0.43 item to that of the last year.

There was an apparent rise in the number of authorized trademarks with the number of the newly authorized ones of 56,451, increased by 59.68% compared to that of the last year and 10 well-known trademarks were authenticated in the first quarter. The total number of available authorized trademarks reached 552,985 with the number of the well-known trademarks of 346.

There was also a stable increase in the number of applications and authorizations for geographical indications. In total, there were 70 products of geographical indications authorized and 121 trademarks of geographical indications registered.

April 30, 2019

Source: Hebei News Net

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