588,000 trademark applications
Applications 2005
130,000 invention patents applications (50 % from multinationals headquartered in developed countries; patent applications from American enterprises will exceed 20,000)
Patent applications of companies from developed countries
93 % in electronic transmission
91 % of mobile telecommunications
90% audio and visual technologies
85 % semiconductors
69 % pharmaceuticals
60 % computing technologies
Percentage of Inventions
18 % of patent applications from China are for inventions (see here)
0.03 % of Chinese enterprises own key technologies with intellectual property
About 99 % of Chinese enterprises have never applied for patents
60 % do not have their own trademarks.
China is ranked third in foreign trade, patented high technologies contribute only 2 percent of total foreign trade
Source Shanghai Daily
