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China continues to top patent application list

China handled more patent applications for inventions than any other country for the fifth year running in 2015, official data showed Thursday. The country had over 1.1 million patent applications last year, up 18.7 percent year on year, according to figures from the State Intellectual Property Office. China's top oil-refiner Sinopec obtained 2,844 patents, the most among all Chinese firms, followed by telecom giants ZTE and Huawei. Despite the overall increase in patent applications, China still lags behind foreign countries in some fields, including optics and engines, Gong said.

China Daily

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