Statistical Country Profiles

China

Population (Million): 1371.22 (2015) (Rank = 1)

Gross Domestic Product (Billion US$)(Constant 2011 US$ (PPP)): 18374.71 (2015) (Rank = 1)

IP Filings (Resident + Abroad, Including Regional) and Economy

Year Patent Trademark Industrial Design GDP (Constant 2011 US$) 2001 31,232 238,301 56,748 5029.60 2002 41,418 331,650 73,825 5486.84 2003 58,757 417,182 87,740 6036.62 2004 69,017 550,982 104,556 6644.85 2005 97,948 630,346 155,236 7399.20 2006 129,290 714,282 193,381 8338.03 2007 161,308 656,639 262,385 9521.61 2008 204,268 643,972 309,397 10437.91 2009 241,434 798,672 350,146 11401.70 2010 308,326 1,054,420 421,418 12613.89 2011 436,170 1,372,715 523,348 13810.26 2012 561,408 1,612,542 662,450 14880.59 2013 734,096 1,849,657 668,040 16023.99 2014 837,817 2,146,557 574,414 17188.69 2015 1,010,406   589,571 18374.71

Patent Applications

Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank 2001 30,038 5 33,412 5 1,194 20 2002 39,806 5 40,426 4 1,612 19 2003 56,769 5 48,548 4 1,988 19 2004 65,786 5 64,598 2 3,231 18 2005 93,485 4 79,842 2 4,463 17 2006 122,318 4 88,183 2 6,972 16 2007 153,060 3 92,101 2 8,248 16 2008 194,579 3 95,259 2 9,689 13 2009 229,096 2 85,508 2 12,338 12 2010 293,066 1 98,111 2 15,260 11 2011 415,829 1 110,583 2 20,341 9 2012 535,313 1 117,464 2 26,095 8 2013 704,936 1 120,200 2 29,160 8 2014 801,135 1 127,042 2 36,682 6 2015 968,252 1 133,612 2 42,154 6

Patent Applications by Top Fields of Technology (2001 - 2015)

Field of Technology Share Digital communication 6.68 Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 6.67 Computer technology 6.31 Measurement 5.75 Pharmaceuticals 5.37 Materials, metallurgy 4.29 Basic materials chemistry 4.23 Machine tools 4.09 Food chemistry 4.06 Civil engineering 3.84 Others 48.71

Patent Grants

Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank 2001 5,395 8 10,901 6 327 25 2002 5,868 8 15,389 3 480 21 2003 11,404 7 25,750 3 580 23 2004 18,241 6 31,119 2 726 22 2005 20,705 5 32,600 2 870 22 2006 25,077 5 32,709 2 1,279 20 2007 31,945 4 36,003 2 1,557 19 2008 46,590 4 47,116 2 2,329 18 2009 65,391 3 62,998 2 3,110 15 2010 79,767 3 55,343 2 5,047 13 2011 112,347 2 59,766 2 5,783 12 2012 143,808 2 73,297 2 8,289 12 2013 143,535 2 64,153 2 10,965 9 2014 162,680 2 70,548 2 13,702 8 2015 263,436 1 95,880 2 16,065 8

Patents in Force

Year Patents in Force Rank 2004     2005 182,396 7 2006     2007 271,917 6 2008 337,215 7 2009 438,036 5 2010 564,760 4 2011 696,939 3 2012 875,385 3 2013 1,033,908 3 2014 1,196,497 3 2015 1,472,374 3

Utility Model Applications

Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank 2001 79,275 1 447 4 83 14 2002 92,166 1 973 3 162 13 2003 107,842 1 1,273 3 267 9 2004 111,578 1 1,247 3 176 6 2005 138,085 1 1,481 3 202 8 2006 159,997 1 1,369 3 328 4 2007 179,999 1 1,325 3 302 6 2008 223,945 1 1,641 3 534 2 2009 308,861 1 1,910 2 624 2 2010 407,238 1 2,598 2 752 2 2011 581,303 1 4,164 1 849 3 2012 734,437 1 5,853 1 1,119 3 2013 885,226 1 7,136 1 1,387 3 2014 861,053 1 7,458 1 1,445 3 2015 1,119,714 1 7,863 1 1,583 3

Trademark Applications

Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank 2001 229,779 1 29,638 3 8,522 18 2002 321,037 1 43,299 1 10,613 16 2003 405,626 1 41,015 1 11,556 16 2004 527,602 1 55,146 1 23,380 14 2005 593,385 1 64,218 1 36,961 11 2006 669,279 1 70,062 1 45,003 11 2007 604,971 1 74,965 1 51,668 13 2008 590,542 1 76,483 1 53,430 12 2009 741,781 1 65,125 1 56,891 12 2010 973,496 1 83,067 1 80,924 10 2011 1,273,846 1 112,930 1 98,869 10 2012 1,502,562 1 115,866 1 109,980 10 2013 1,733,371 1 114,565 1 116,286 10 2014 1,997,034 1 107,370 1 149,523 8 2015 17 119 21,070 12 192,690 7

Trademark Registrations

Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank 2001 167,564 1 25,381 3 6,350 13 2002 169,910 1 29,366 2 5,566 18 2003 206,075 1 27,402 2 9,694 16 2004 225,401 1 32,662 1 16,171 14 2005 218,738 1 35,519 1 28,870 13 2006 228,816 1 39,012 3 36,883 11 2007 215,179 1 33,678 2 43,813 11 2008 342,514 1 47,744 1 51,391 12 2009 737,250 1 81,731 1 47,506 13 2010 1,211,453 1 122,730 1 71,284 11 2011 926,357 1 82,641 1 84,480 10 2012 919,970 1 76,243 1 85,767 10 2013 909,557 1 77,686 1 109,216 10 2014 1,242,859 1 104,385 1 112,286 10 2015 15 100 22,466 9 148,156 8

Industrial Design Applications

Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank 2001 56,460 1 4,187 5 288 21 2002 73,572 1 5,688 3 253 15 2003 86,627 1 7,427 2 1,113 19 2004 101,579 1 9,270 2 2,977 18 2005 151,587 1 11,784 1 3,649 19 2006 188,027 1 13,295 1 5,354 17 2007 253,439 1 13,993 1 8,946 16 2008 298,620 1 14,284 1 10,777 15 2009 339,654 1 11,688 1 10,492 15 2010 409,124 1 12,149 2 12,294 13 2011 507,538 1 13,930 1 15,810 13 2012 642,401 1 15,181 1 20,049 12 2013 644,398 1 15,165 2 23,642 12 2014 548,428 1 16,127 1 25,986 11 2015 551,481 1 17,578 1 38,090 8

Industrial Design Registrations

Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank 2001 39,865 1 3,731 4 149 25 2002 49,143 1 4,299 4 141 20 2003 69,893 1 6,273 2 594 19 2004 63,068 1 7,187 1 2,289 18 2005 72,777 1 8,572 1 3,573 19 2006 92,471 1 10,090 1 4,342 18 2007 121,296 1 12,502 1 8,592 15 2008 130,647 1 10,954 2 9,969 15 2009 234,282 1 15,419 1 9,976 15 2010 318,597 1 16,646 1 11,785 13 2011 366,428 1 13,862 1 14,582 13 2012 452,629 1 14,229 1 17,914 12 2013 398,670 1 13,797 1 22,218 12 2014 346,751 1 14,825 1 22,226 12 2015 464,807 1 17,852 1 34,737 9

International Applications via WIPO Administered Treaties

Year PCT System Rank Madrid System Rank Hague System Rank 2001 1,730 11 386 11 15 15 2002 1,015 15 452 12 13 16 2003 1,297 14 452 13 3 20 2004 1,707 13 1,062 8     2005 2,503 10 1,313 8     2006 3,930 8 1,528 7     2007 5,455 7 1,469 8 1 25 2008 6,119 6 1,562 8     2009 7,896 5 1,547 6 2 32 2010 12,300 4 2,084 6     2011 16,398 4 2,094 6 5 29 2012 18,620 4 2,251 7 2 36 2013 21,515 3 2,129 7 18 20 2014 25,548 3 2,645 7 33 17 2015 29,846 3 1,830 9 21 22

PCT Top Applicants (Publication Year = 2015)

Applicant Publication Rank HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD. 3,898 1 ZTE CORPORATION 2,155 3 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO.,LTD 1,227 14 TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED 981 20 SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD 710 27 HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD. 442 39 KIMREE HI-TECH INC. 348 51 BEIJING QIHOO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED 188 101 STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA 153 134 MEDIATEK INC. 141 148

PCT National Phase Entry (Direct and via Regional Office)

Year Resident Rank Non-Resident Rank Abroad Rank 2001 79 18 19,152 5 208 26 2002 135 17 22,522 5 339 25 2003 132 19 23,222 5 384 24 2004 200 21 32,489 3 1,167 21 2005 313 18 39,820 1 1,750 20 2006 350 17 47,850 1 2,214 18 2007 761 15 49,978 1 3,133 17 2008 574 17 57,067 1 4,043 17 2009 640 15 52,971 2 4,633 16 2010 1,107 12 61,210 2 6,889 11 2011 2,289 9 62,197 2 10,952 10 2012 2,068 9 67,625 2 15,204 9 2013 2,923 7 69,944 2 15,891 9 2014 3,061 6 76,551 2 19,832 8 2015 3,115 6 78,751 2 25,166 5

Source: WIPO statistics database. Last updated : 11/2016

The statistics are based on data collected from IP offices or extracted from the PATSTAT database (for statistics by field of technology). Data might be missing for some years and offices or may be incomplete for some origins. The data relating to population and gross domestic product (GDP) are from the UN Statistics Division and the World Bank.

A resident filing refers to an application filed in the country by its own resident; whereas a non-resident filing refers to the one filed by a foreign applicant. An abroad filing refers to an application filed by this country's resident at a foreign office.

Where an office provides total filings without breaking them down into resident and non-resident filings, WIPO divides the total count using the historical share of resident filings at that office.

IP filings and Economy lists patent, trademark and industrial design filings worldwide by applicants from this country (resident + abroad).

One filing at the Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO), the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP) or the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) is treated as equavalent of multiple abroad filings at each member state; whereas one filing at the European Patent Office (EPO) or the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is counted as one abroad filing due to lack of information on designation.

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