Shandong: Yantai receives 4,513 patent applications for the first 3 quarters
2009/11/02
It is learnt on October 29 from Yantai Intellectual Property Office that, Yantai has received 4,513 national patent applications for the first 3 quarters, among which 71.28% were applied by individuals and 26.99% by enterprises.
The total number of the patent application for the first three quarters was 23.51% higher than that in the same period last year, and there were 1,068 invention patent applications, accounting for 23.66% of the total number. Meanwhile, patents granted for the whole city were 1,775, increased by 14%, and 179 were invention patents granted which accounted for 10.08%.
Source: IPR in China