China’s Patent Filings (Including Pharmaceuticals) Up 16% In 2013

China has made the most patent filings number in the world in each of the past few years. Last year was no exception, according to a recent report from Thomson Reuters. In 2013, China's patent filings rose 16.3% to more than 600,000 novel inventions. The US and Japan came in second and third, closely matched with each other (though considerably behind China) at 350,000 and 320,000. Although all three countries were strong in IT sectors, China's dominance in pharmaceutical areas made the difference.

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