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European Patent Office Notes Highest Increase in Patent Applications from China

2017/03/13

The European Patent Office (EPO) on March 7 published its 2016 Annual Report revealing China showed the highest growth in patent applications. According to the report, the number of patent applications from China increased 24.8 percent in 2016. China's applications for the first time exceeded that of South Korea and ranked sixth out of the top 10 countries of origin. The top 10 countries were United States, Germany, Japan, France, Switzerland, China, the Netherlands, South Korea, Britain and Italy.

Source: Xinhua
　　




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