(Xin Hua Net)
China’s National Intellectual Property Administration (NIPA) has received increasing patent applications from domestic enterprises via the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), NIPA sources said.
In 2020, China saw a 17.9-percent year-on-year increase in patent applications from domestic applicants via the PCT, the sources said.
Applications for trademark registration under the Madrid System from domestic applicants also increased 16.1 percent year on year in 2020.