On January 17, 2025, China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released statistics for the 2024 calendar year. Year-on-year, invention patent grants were up about 13.5% to 1,044,777 grants. Utility model patent grants were down about 4% to 2,009,657 grants. Note that utility model patent grants were already down over 25% in 2023. Design patent grants were up about 1% to 643,318 grants, reversing the downward trend from 2023.
The full dataset including 2024 data for trademarks, geographical indications and integrated circuit layout designs is available here: 2024-12Stats (Chinese only). A related press conference transcript is available here (Chinese only).
