IPR statistics released by CNIPA for January to June 2022 show gains in the number of valid invention patents and registered trademarks

Patents
From January to June 2022, China has granted 393,000 invention patents, 1,473,000 utility model patents and 383,000 design patents.

A total of 33,000 PCT international patent applications were accepted and 353 international design applications were filed through the Hague Agreement.

Thirty-one thousand patent reexamination cases were closed and 5,000 cases of invalidation were closed.

As of the end of June, the number of valid invention patents in China was 3.906 million, marking a year-on-year increase of 17.5%.

Trademarks
From January to June 2022, China registered 3.674 million trademarks, submitted 2,699 applications for international registration of trademarks through the Madrid System, accepted 81,000 reviews for trademark opposition and completed 217,000 trademark review cases.

As of the end of June, China had 40.545 million valid registered trademarks, marking a year-on-year increase of 20.9%.

The three technical fields with the highest number of valid invention patents were: computer technology, accounting for 9.4%; measurement, accounting for 7.6%; and digital communication, accounting 6.8% of the total.

The top three fields in terms of growth rate were information technology management methods, with a year-on-year increase of 78.5%; computer technology, with a year-on-year increase of 32.3%; and medical technology, with a year-on-year increase of 27.1%.