The Number of China's Patent Application Has Reached 2.4 Times That of the United States Since 2015

2018/01/05

According to the statistics of five global intellectual property administration office, since 2015, the number of China's patent application has been 2.4 times that of the United States. At the same time, China is applying more patents in Europe and the United States. In 2015, China’s 8116 patent application had gain approval in the United States, accounting for 3% of the total number of U.S. patents granted, and it ranked five in overseas countries (it only ranked fifteen in 2007), which ranked higher than that of Britain and France. While Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, which ranked ahead China, are export-led economies. This not only shows that China's technical force is on the rise, but Chinese companies have made strategic preparation for entering the U.S. market in some industries.