This paper uncovers over 10 central level and over 150 provincial/municipal level patent targets, mostly to be met by … the absence of important criteria for ensuring patent quality. Further, the overly heavy focus on just a few types of … quantitative patent targets (e.g., for patent applications and patents granted) overshadows the type of benchmarking that better …

Although China became the world's leading patent filer in 2011, patent quality is still a serious issue in the country …. This article first provides a statistical snapshot of this situation and then discusses how China's network of patent …-related policies and practices in certain cases actually contributes to this problem and hampers innovation. The article also looks at …

This study’s statistical analysis shows that patent quality and innovation in China deserve improvement, and an in … actually hamper patent quality and innovation in China. Over 50 recommendations for reform are provided. The study is divided … domestically filed patent applications in 2011, the quality of these patents needs improvement. Also, while certain innovation in …

China has a wide-range of patent-specific and other patent-related policies in-place, many of which are at least … partially meant to stimulate patents and “indigenous innovation.” However, the analysis in this paper discusses how some of … innovation. …

controversial branch of China’s indigenous innovation policy which provided government procurement preferences to applicants who can …

This chapter finds that there are a variety of concerning rules and procedures for patent application review and … enforcement of patent rights in China that hamper patent quality. These range from inadequate review systems to requirements and … practices that generally weaken the efficiency and effectiveness of the patent enforcement environment, which in-turn ultimately …