Jiangsu: Province Leads Ranking for Patent Applications in China

Companies and individuals in Jiangsu applied for 175,870 patents through the first six months of this year, leading all provinces and regions in China, and showing a 8.3 percent increase from the same period a year earlier. They included 58,416 applications for invention patents, also ranking first nationwide. In the same period, 103,346 patents were granted, ranking the nation's second, including 15,295 for inventions.