Comments on: An Exception To My Usual Rule — Some China Patent Statistics http://www.chinahearsay.com/an-exception-to-my-usual-rule-some-china-patent-statistics/ China law, business and economics commentary Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Stan http://www.chinahearsay.com/an-exception-to-my-usual-rule-some-china-patent-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-75192 Stan Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:33:30 +0000 http://www.chinahearsay.com/?p=3625#comment-75192 Thanks for your views on this topic. (FYI to readers: Nick is a long-standing China (and Asia) IP hand at a top firm that specializes in IP. He knows of what he speaks!) Thanks for your views on this topic.

(FYI to readers: Nick is a long-standing China (and Asia) IP hand at a top firm that specializes in IP. He knows of what he speaks!)

]]> By: Nick Redfearn http://www.chinahearsay.com/an-exception-to-my-usual-rule-some-china-patent-statistics/comment-page-1/#comment-75191 Nick Redfearn Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:49:48 +0000 http://www.chinahearsay.com/?p=3625#comment-75191 The general view is that incentives and encouragement along with other factors (lower tech levels in industry) have resulted in massive PRC patent filing growth, often in lower tech areas. As this began a few years ago, some 31 months after the tidal wave began, we ought to see a corresponding flood of national phase applications, if these inventions are really solid. But that's when the big bucks need to be spent. That should be around now. What we need to see are consoldated applicant by country data from outside China. My guess is the curve will be somewhat flatter than the PRC filings curve if the incentives don't pay for it or if the patents are not great. The general view is that incentives and encouragement along with other factors (lower tech levels in industry) have resulted in massive PRC patent filing growth, often in lower tech areas. As this began a few years ago, some 31 months after the tidal wave began, we ought to see a corresponding flood of national phase applications, if these inventions are really solid. But that’s when the big bucks need to be spent. That should be around now. What we need to see are consoldated applicant by country data from outside China. My guess is the curve will be somewhat flatter than the PRC filings curve if the incentives don’t pay for it or if the patents are not great.

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