According to SIPO, in the first half year of 2014, China had dealt with 11,243 international patent applications submitted through Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), increasing by 20.5% compared with that in the first half year of 2013. Among the 11,243 international patent applications, 10,283 applications were from China, accounting for 91.5%, up by 23%. What’s more, up to 20 countries had filed PCT international patent applications to SIPO, among which the U.S. was at the top with 482 applications, Japan came in the second place with 94 applications. The application amount of the U.S and Japan accounted for 60% of the total application received from foreign countries.