On January 28, 2021 the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released detailed 2020 Chinese intellectual property statistics but, contrary to prior practice, failed to released patent application filing data for the December 2020 period or the 2020 calendar year as a whole. November 2020 data showed an almost 33% jump in invention patent application filings month-on-month and cumulative invention patent applications filings in 2020 had already exceeded 2019’s total filings. Most notable though in the released data was a …
Category: Patents
China to Cancel All Patent Subsidies
On January 27, 2021, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) announced in the “Notice of the CNIPA on Further Strictly Regulating Patent Application Behavior” (国家知识产权局关于进一步严格规范专利申请行为的通知) the end of all patent subsidies by 2025. Subsidies for patent application filings and other stages of the patent prosecution process (e.g., requesting exam) will end by June 30, 2021. Only subsidies for granting of patents (including foreign patents) are allowed for now but local governments must cancel them by 2025. The timing of …
Top Patentees in China for 2020
According to an analysis by Incopat, corporate applicants accounted for about 67% of Chinese invention patents in 2020, among which Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.’s is by far the leader. College and university patentees accounted for about 22% with Zhejiang University continuing to rank number 1 for invention patents. The top foreign corporate patentee was Samsung Electronics at #9. The top American corporate patentee was Qualcomm at #16.
USPTO Releases Report on Distortions Caused by Chinese Monetary Incentives for U.S. Filings
On January 13, 2021, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) released a report entitled Trademarks and patents in China: The impact of non-market factors on filing trends and IP systems. The report covers patent and trademark filing trends in China and the United States and the non-markets factors (i.e., money) behind the filing trends. For example, China has reportedly adopted more than 70 subnational trademark subsidy measures, including measures for domestic and foreign applications and registrations. Further, all …