Chinese companies and researchers filed a new record of 20,081 patent applications in 2024 at the European Patent Office (EPO), the office's Patent Index 2024 revealed Tuesday. This figure accounts for 10.1 percent of all applications received by the office, securing China's position as the fourth-largest filer globally. While the growth rate of Chinese patent applications registered 0.5 percent in 2024 compared to 2023, the overall number has more than doubled since 2018 and quadrupled since 2014

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