649,000 invention patent applications were filed with CNIPA in the first half of 2019, 9.4% drop from 2018.

238,000 invention patents were granted, 9.9% increase from 2018.

Pendencies at CNIPA: Invention: 22.7 months; Utility model: 6.2 months; Design: 4.0 months; Reexamination: 11.7 months; Invalidation: 5.0 months.

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