CNIPA Issues its Annual Report 2022
Release Date: 5 June 2023
CNIPA has released its Annual Report 2022, which highlights
China's accomplishments in intellectual property registration,
exploitation, governmental services, and protection. The Report
provides the following significant statistics.
First, intellectual property registrations. As of the end of
2022, there were 4.212 million valid invention patents, 42.672
million registered trademarks, 2,495 approved geographical
indication products, 7,076 geographical indications registered as
collective trademarks and certification trademarks, and 61,000
issued certificates of layout designs of integrated circuits. In
2022, China granted 798,000 invention patents, representing a
year-on-year growth of 14.7%. Among these, domestic invention
patents accounted for 87.1% with a total of 696,000. It registered
6.177 million trademarks, a year-on-year decrease of a20.2%. Of
these, domestic registered trademarks accounted
