Massive Surge in Patent Filings (11.2.2011)

China's international patent filings surged more than 56% last year, leading the global growth in international filings, the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced. The growth rate from China was "astonishing", WIPO Director General Francis Gurry said at a news conference on Wednesday. In 2010, China filed 12,337 patents under WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty system, up from 7,900 cases registered in the previous year, overtaking the Republic of Korea as the fourth-ranked country for patents filed worldwide.

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