Invention patent applications and grants in Wuhu, a city in Anhui province, hit 5,012 and 695 in the first eleven months, up 50.7% and 12.8%, according to information released by Anhui Provincial Intellectual Property Office.
During the same period, Anhui saw its patent applications and grants reach 28,835 and 3,907, increasing by 74.9% and 41.6%. The total applications filed by and grants released to Hefei, Wuhu and Bengbu accounted for 52% and 64.2% respectively.
(Source:IPR in China)