Recently, the Municipal Intellectual Property Office released the Annual Report on Patent Agency in Beijing for 2014, which shows statistics and appraisal results with regard to the entities, staff and business operation of the citywide IPR industry.

After ranking first in total patent agency volume in 2012 and 2013, Unitalen ranks second in the total business volume of patent agencies, and ranks first again in total invention volume in 2014. Unitalen was rated as an Excellent Agency of the Year once again.

Beijing Intellectual Property Office releases the Annual Report on Patent Agency every year, which shows the overall condition and development trend of the Beijing patent agency industry from such perspectives as overall condition of the citywide patent agencies, business operation, training of patent agents, qualification examination, industry milestones, etc. All data in the annual report comes from the entity information published by the State Intellectual Property Office, the Patent Agency Newsletter prepared by the Treaty and Regulations Department of the State Intellectual Property Office, the annual inspection data submitted by the patent agencies, and the patent application and authorization data in Beijing.

It is noteworthy that the "Hope Primary School in Dongjingji Town funded by Unitalen" was rated as a milestone in the patent agency industry for 2014, and this is also the 10th Hope Primary School funded by Unitalen.

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