The amount of patent applications and granted patents increased 3.3 percent and 6.2 percent in the first half of this year in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, over the same period of last year. The amount of patent applications reached 3,311, including 396 invention patents, 1,289 utility model patents and 1,626 design patents, respectively rising by 20.7 percent, 29.8 percent and 13.7 percent year-on-year.

The amount of granted patents reached 2,850, including 98 granted invention patents, 1,152 granted utility model patents and 1,600 granted design patents, respectively increasing by 34.2 percent, 5.6 percent and 5.3 percent over the same period of last year.

China Daily