A new study released this week by Thomson Reuters says that by 2011 China will most likely pass the United States and Japan in new patent applications.
一项新的研究发表在本周汤森路透表示，到2011年，中国将极有可能通过新的专利申请在美国和日本
Yī xiàng xīn de yánjiū fābiǎo zài běn zhōutāngsēn lùtòu biǎoshì, dào 2011 nián, zhōngguó jiāng jí yǒu kěnéng tōngguò xīn de zhuānlì shēnqǐng zài měiguó hé rìběn.).
With research and development spending rising here, and Beijing trying to encourage innovation, patent application filings in China are soaring.
与研究和开发支出上升在这里，北京试图鼓励创新，在中国专利申请正在飞涨。
Yǔ yánjiū hé kāifā zhīchū shàngshēng zài zhèlǐ, běijīng shìtú gǔlì chuàngxīn, zài zhōngguó zhuānlì shēnqǐng zhèngzài fēizhàng.
In 2009, China filed about 279,298 patent applications, ranking third behind Japan, which led the world with 357,338, and the United States, which had 321,741 filings, according to Thomson Reuters.
2009年，中国提出的关于279298的专利申请，排名仅次于日本，而导致与357338的世界，美国，其中有321741备案第三，根据汤姆森路透。
2009 Nián, zhōngguó tíchū de guānyú 279298 de zhuānlì shēnqǐng, páimíng jǐn cì yú rìběn, ér dǎozhì yǔ 357338 de shìjiè, měiguó, qízhōng yǒu 321741 bèiàn dì sān, gēnjù tāngmǔ sēn lùtòu.
But the growth of patent filings in Japan and the United States is slowing, while Chinese patent filings are surging in categories as varied as natural products and polymers and digital computers
但是，专利申请在日本和美国经济增长正在放缓，而中国在专利申请类别汹涌如天然产物和各种聚合物和数字计算机
Dànshì, zhuānlì shēnqǐng zài rìběn hé měiguó jīngjì zēngzhǎng zhèngzài fàng huǎn, ér zhōngguó zài zhuānlì shēnqǐng lèibié xiōngyǒng rú tiānrán chǎnwù hé gè zhǒng jùhé wù hé shùzì jìsuànjī
Personal Opinion \ 个人意见 Gèrén yìjiàn
As an inventor with substantial involvement in Intellectual Property issues and as an entrepreneur who has lived nearly four years in China studying chinese language and culture at one of the leading filers of patent applications cited in the study (Tsinghua University), I must say how misleading this statistic is; first a patent application is not a granted application. In China at this time, many of the disclosures that may be claimed as inventions are already in the prior art in the US or Europe. Because of language barriers, awareness on both sides is limited; and there is the issue of how important the scope of the patents filed, even if found allowable, actually cover. A more robust metric would be patents that obtain favorable opinions at the World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) level in the form of International Preliminary Examination Reports(IPER). See one of my sample IPER
Vocabulary - 词汇
发明者 Fāmíng zhě:inventor
企业家Qǐyè jiā:entrepreneur
笔者 Bǐzhě: author
专利权[專-權] zhuānlìquán n. patent (rights)
知识产权 zhīshì chǎnquán Intellectual Property
世界知识产权组织 Shìjiè zhīshì chǎnquán zǔzhī: World Intellectual Property Organization
侵权[-權] ¹qīnquán v.o. violate/infringe the rights of ◆n. infringement of rights
侵犯 ¹qīnfàn v. 〈law〉 violate; infringe on (sb.'s rights) | Nǐ zhè shì ¹zài ∼ rénquán. Your action violates human rights.
版权[-權] bǎnquán n.
版权所有 copyright (c), All Rights Reserved
商标[-標] shāngbiāo* n. trademark
trademark ∾n. 牌子 páizi; 牌号[-號] páihào; 品牌 pǐnpái; 商标[-標] shāngbiāo
汤姆森路透 Tāngmǔ sēn lùtòu: Thomson Reuters
http://ip.thomsonreuters.com/chinapatents2010/China_Report_0810.pdf
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/06/china-poised-to-lead-world-in-patent-filings/?scp=5&sq=china&st=cse
