On March 11, 2025, the National People’s Congress approved the China’s National Development and Reform Commission report on the 2024 implementation of China’s economical and social development and draft plan for 2025. Of note, the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people reach 14, exceeding the 2025 goal of 12 high-value patents per 10,000 people in China’s National Intellectual Property Administration’s (CNIPA) 14th five-year plan.
Category: Statistics
China Remains Top Source of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Applications in 2024
According to data released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on March 17, 2025, China remained the top source of PCT applications in 2024. Reversing a slight decrease in Chinese-originated PCT filings in 2023, China’s PCT filings increased to 70,160 applications up almost 1% on 2023. The United States follows China with 54,087 applications in 2024 – the third consecutive decline.
Chinese Copyright Registrations Up 19% in 2024
Per a release (国版发函〔2025〕4号) from the National Copyright Administration of China dated February 28, 2025, the total number of copyright registrations in China for 2024 reached 10,630,610, a year-on-year increase of 19.13%. Of these, 2,827,213 registrations were for computer software copyright registrations in 2024, an increase of 13.31% year-on-year. Other copyright registrations totaled 7,802,965 in 2024, an increase of 21.39% year-on-year.
China’s Huawei is #5 in U.S. Patent Grants in 2024, Up 44%
According to a recently released list of the top patentees in 2024 from Harrity LLP, Samsung and LG were the top two patentees in 2024 in the U.S with 9,304 and 5,156 U.S. patents respectively. The top mainland China patentee was Huawei at #5 with 3,285 U.S. patent, up 44% from 2023. Other top Chinese patentees include BOE Technologies at #14 with 1,993 patents, up 18%.; TCL Corp at #30 with 1,132 patents, and Tencent with 1,109 patents. The top …