CHONGQING (CQNEWS) In 2011, the patent applications of Chongqing will break 25,000 pieces and the patents on inventions, the core competitiveness, are expected to exceed 1,500 pieces, with the authorization amount increasing by 30%. Chongqing Intellectual Property Publicity Week officially starts on April 17, 2011.
In 2010, the patent applications of Chongqing broke 20,000 pieces for the first time, with the growth rate ranking the second in China and the first in west China. At the same time, the applications for patents on inventions in strategic new-emerging industries like biomedicine and communication reached 5,150 pieces, increasing by 34%, compared with that in the same period of 2009. (Translated by Sun Hongxia, Fathom Language Limited)
