China surpasses U.S. in number of 2011 patent applications

China surpasses U.S. in number of 2011 patent applications

Last year, for the first time, more patent applicants were filed in China than in the United States. This surge reflects China's increasing intellectual property maturity and growing pains, according to U.S. Intellectual property lawyers and experts.http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202581276709&rss=rss_nlj&slreturn=20121112211926