世界知識產權組織（WIPO）21日發布的《世界知識產權指標》報告顯示，2021年全球專利、商標和外觀設計的知識產權申請量均創歷史新高。其中，中國提交的專利申請數量最多，接近全球專利申請量的一半。

Global intellectual property applications rose last year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, with China leading the growth, World Intellectual Property Organization data shows.
世界知識產權組織數據顯示，盡管新冠疫情持續，但2021年全球知識產權申請量仍呈上升趨勢，中國申請量增長居首。

Of the 3.4 million patent applications filed around the world in 2021, China's IP office received 1.59 million, according to the World Intellectual Property Indicators Report 2022, issued on Monday.
11月21日發布的2022年《世界知識產權指標》報告顯示，2021年全球創新者提交了340萬件專利申請，其中，中國國家知識產權局在2021年受理了159萬件專利申請。

The worldwide total was "slightly higher" than the pre-COVID peak of 3.3 million in 2018, and represented 3.6 percent growth on 2020, the report said.
報告稱，全球專利申請總量“略高于”2018年的330萬（疫情前的峰值），與2020年相比增長3.6%。

The number of Chinese patent applications was equivalent to the total for the next 12 ranked countries. China also witnessed growth in other IP sectors, such as trademarks, industrial designs, plant varieties and geographical indications.
中國專利申請量相當于緊隨其后的12個國家申請量總和。中國在商標、工業設計、植物品種、地理標志等其他知識產權領域申請量也呈現增長。

"The latest data demonstrates the sustained development of the world's IP filings amid the pandemic, which shows people's awareness about innovation and IP protection is being continuously strengthened," said Zhao Zhanling, an expert on intellectual property at China University of Political Science and Law.
中國政法大學知識產權專家趙占領表示：“最新數據表明，疫情期間世界知識產權申請持續發展，這表明人們對創新和知識產權保護的意識正在不斷加強。”

Highlighting the important relationship between IP applications and economic growth, Zhao added that the report reflected China's contributions to the global economy during the pandemic.
趙占領強調，知識產權申請與經濟增長密切相關，該報告反映出中國在疫情期間對全球經濟的貢獻。

There were an estimated 73.7 million active trademark registrations at 149 IP offices last year — up 14.3 percent on 2020. Of those, 37.2 million were in China, followed by 2.8 million in the United States and 2.6 million in India, the report said.
據估計，2021年149家知識產權局的有效商標注冊量為7370萬件，比2020年增長14.3%。報告稱，其中，中國占3720萬件，其次是美國占280萬件，印度占260萬件。

China also reported the largest number of geographical indications in force and industrial design registrations in force, it said. China's IP office received 11,195 plant variety applications in 2021, accounting for 44.2 percent of the global total.
報告稱，中國的地理標志和工業外觀設計有效注冊數量最多。2021年，中國知識產權局受理了11195份植物品種申請，占全球總量的44.2%。

Kang Lixia, an IP lawyer from Hanray Law Firm in Beijing, said the report showed that the innovations and steps toward development Chinese enterprises have undertaken have not been slowed by the pandemic.
北京瀚仁律師事務所知識產權律師康麗霞（音譯）稱，報告顯示，中國企業的發展創新和進步并未因疫情而放緩。

Kang said Chinese companies have applied for more patents in new industries, including communication electronics, artificial intelligence, voice recognition, elderly care and biomedicine.
她表示，中國企業在通信電子、人工智能、語音識別、養老和生物醫藥等新興行業申請了更多專利。

She said enterprises should consider increasing IP research, despite the cost and time involved. "Better IP studies, I believe, will play a role in promoting economic development," she said.
康麗霞稱，盡管涉及成本和時間問題，企業仍應考慮加大知識產權研究，“我相信，加大知識產權研究將在促進經濟發展方面發揮作用。”

The report also showed that last year China surpassed the US to become the top jurisdiction in terms of the number of patents in force.
報告還顯示，去年，中國超過美國，成為有效專利數量最多的國家。

Patents in force worldwide grew by 4.2 percent to reach around 16.5 million in 2021. China had 3.6 million, followed by the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Germany.
截至2021年，全球有效專利數量約為1650萬件，同比增長4.2%。其中中國有效專利數量達360萬件，其次是美國、日本、大韓民國和德國。

來源：中國日報
編輯：董靜