Recently, Hengqin International Intellectual Property Exchange Center and Intellectual Property Publishing House(IPPH) jointly issued a 2015 report on Chinese patent operation. According to the report, patent transfer remains a major typeof Chinese patent operation. In 2015, Chinese patents were transferred over 110,000 times.

The report indicated that Chinese patent operation developed vigorously in 2015. There were more operation platforms, institutions and fundsas well as more patent operations than in previous years. Electrical date processing was the most active technical field of patent operation. In terms of types of patent operation, patent transfer exceeded 110,000 times, followed by patent license and patent pledge on record with 16,514 timesand 10,998 times respectively.

(by Wu Yan)

(Source: China IP News)