By Li Panpan

IC layout design registration applications numbered 7,661, of which 5,233 were approved with certificates in China in first half of 2022, announced China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) at a press briefing on July 12.

In the first half of 2022, China authorized 393,000 invention patents, 1.473 million utility model patents, and 383,000 design patents, increasing the total number of invention patents in China to 3.906 million by June 2022, said Hu Wenhui, deputy director of CNIPA at the press briefing.  

Affected by factors such as the epidemic, China’s IP applications fluctuated in the first half of 2022. It was the case with applications in Shanghai, which now are on a rise after its fall during the April lockdown.