On February 1, the 11th Chinese Patent Award was unveiled in Beijing. Most of the winners were from such places with strong innovative capability and good IPR management such as Beijing, Guangdong and Zhejiang. A lot of rewarded projects are in the areas of tele-communication and information industries.
The prize appraisal is said to be the first one since the implementation of National IPR Strategy Outline. The appraisal standards not only relied on patented technologies and innovation of the projects, but also the application during the course of market transformation. Since 2010, the appraisal activity will be held once a year instead of every two years.
Chinese Patent Gold Prizes were jointly issued by the SIPO and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Chinese Patent Outstanding Prizes were promulgated by the SIPO.
