The reporter learnt from Yibin Municipal Science and Technology Bureau of Sichuan Province on July 13 that from the beginning of this year, Yibin strengthened intellectual property rights (IPR) work and raised ability in IPR creation, management, use and protection. In the first half year, the city filed 247 pieces of patent applications, up 20.1%. Among these applications, applications for invention patents and utility model patents accounted for 96, increasing by 24.7%.
(Source:IPR in China)