Progress in IP system as more patents granted

Inventors filed 1.4 million applications in 2019, with telecommunications giant securing 4,510

China achieved stable progress in the intellectual property field, especially in filing quality and efficiency over the past year, according to the National Intellectual Property Administration.

In 2019, the number of invention patent applications topped 1.4 million. There were 453,000 invention patents granted, up 4.8 percent year-on-year.

The proportion of domestic companies' invention patent applications reached 65 percent, 0.6 percentage points higher than 2018, said Hu Wenhui, NIPA spokesman, at the administration's news conference last week.