China Reports Rise In Patents And Stronger IP Enforcement

China has met the intellectual property targets set in its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), with improvements in innovation quality and steady progress toward becoming a stronger intellectual property power, the country's top IP regulator said on Wednesday.

The CNIPA said the time needed to review invention patent applications has been cut to an average of 15 months, down from 20 months at the end of 2020. The average review time for trademark registration has been held at about four months. Both are among the shortest processing times globally, according to the administration.

From 2021 to 2025, China's number of valid domestic invention patents exceeded 5 million. The country also reported 16 high-value invention patents per 10,000 people, surpassing the targets set in the plan. High-value invention patents generally refer to patents in key technologies with strong market potential and economic value.