Ningbo has obtained more patents than last year
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- Category: Governmental News
- Published: Monday, 07 November 2011 20:34
According to Ningbo Bureau of Science and Technology, In the first three quarters this year, Ningbo has obtained 27,480 patents, 40.0% more than the same period of the previous year. Of the patents, the patented rights of invention amount to 1,218, increased by 47.3% above the same period of the previous year, the fastest growth rate of all patents obtained. Statistics show that in the first three quarters this year, Ningbo applied for 36,037 patents, increased by 99.6%% above the same period of the previous year. It has been granted 27,480 patents, including 1,218 patents for invention, 9, 845 patent rights for utility model, and 16,417 design patents, increased by 47.3%%, 22.0% and 53.0% respectively against the same period of the previous year. In the first three quarters this year, the patents Ningbo has obtained outnumbers the whole of the last year. The invention rights covers 4.43% of the total.