Patent News for Friday 23rd January 2026

1. Chinese mainland reaches 5.32 mln invention patents, trademarks close to 50 mln

BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The number of valid invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had.

2. China sees steady rise in high-value invention patents - China.org.cn

The quality of China's invention patents improved during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025). By the end of 2025, the Chinese mainland ...

3. Chinese mainland reaches 5.32 mln invention patents, trademarks close to 50 mln

BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The number of valid invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had reached 5.32 million by the end of last year, ...

4. BMW Thinks One Tiny Change Will Fix Frustrating Touchscreen Controls

Patents don't usually detail the design advantages of an idea, but this one does. BMW says the sensing strip contributes to an aesthetically ...

5. Hyundai Patents An Integrated Winch That Works With Driver-Assist Systems - CarBuzz

The Korean automaker has published a plethora of patents recently for inventions relating to trucks. It recently had one published for a midgate ...

6. Chinese mainland reaches 2.29 mln high-value invention patents in IP quality pursuit

The number of high-value invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had reached 2.29 million by the end of last year, growing at a faster pace ...

7. Chinese mainland reaches 2.29 mln high-value invention patents in IP quality pursuit

BEIJING, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The number of high-value invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had reached 2.29 million by the end of last ...

8. Chinese mainland reaches 5.32 mln invention patents, trademarks close to 50 mln

The number of valid invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had reached 5.32 million by the end of last year, the China National ...

9. Lexaria Awarded Six Additional Patents - FirstWord Pharma

Lexaria now has 60 patents granted around much of the worldLexaria urges shareholders to vote at upcoming 2026 Annual ...

10. More R&D, higher returns: how to make innovation more efficient - IO

R&D patents and more. Marco Coolen · By: Marco Coolen. Marco, a patent attorney at AOMB since 2013, shares his expertise on IO+ about patents—how they ...

11. China Reports 2025 Patent Trends and Quality Priorities - The National Law Review

Of note, a total of about 972,000 invention patents, about 1,461,000 utility model patents, and about 666,000 design patents were granted in 2025.

12. Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). Jan. 23, 2026, 9:29 AM PST. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board determined that challenged claims ...

13. Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Anticipation & Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). Jan. 23, 2026, 9:39 AM PST. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board held that challenged claims of ...

14. Case: Patents/Eligibility (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Eligibility (Fed. Cir.) Jan. 23, 2026, 10:01 AM PST. The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of a federal district court in ...

15. Case: Patents/Licensing (Fed. Cir.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Licensing (Fed. Cir.) Jan. 22, 2026, 9:56 AM PST. The Federal Circuit affirmed the decision of a federal district court in Texas ...

16. Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.) - Bloomberg Law News

Case: Patents/Obviousness (P.T.A.B.). Jan. 23, 2026, 9:13 AM PST. Bloomberg Law Automation. Challenged claims of Pictiva ...

17. PATENT—FED. CIR.: INVALIDITY OF ASSERTED CLAIMS OF CELLTRUST'S TEXT ...

... PATENTS AFFIRMED ON APPEAL. (C.C.H.) ... The district court correctly determined that the asserted claims of CellTrust's text-tracking patents ...

18. Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical patents LRRK2 inhibitors - BioWorld

Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical patents LRRK2 inhibitors ... Chengdu Kanghong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has disclosed leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2; ...

19. Risperidone (CAS 106266-06-2) Industry Research 2025: Global Market Trends 2019-2024 ...

... Patents, Suppliers, Prices, End-users - ResearchAndMarkets.com. Share. DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Risperidone (CAS 106266-06-2) Industry Research ...

20. China ranks among the top globally in the number of active AI patents: official - Chinadaily.com.cn

China ranks among the top globally in the number of active AI patents: official. chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-01-23 10:24. Share.

21. Chinese mainland reaches 5.32m invention patents, trademarks close to 50m - China Daily

The country's top IP regulator authorized a total of 972,000 invention patents in 2025, while processing time for invention patent applications was ...

22. Chinese mainland reaches 2.29m high-value invention patents in IP quality pursuit

BEIJING -- The number of high-value invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had reached 2.29 million by the end of last year, ...

23. From Ideas to Impact: NPS Patents Power Defense Innovation - DVIDS

Patents are one visible measure of that ecosystem, and they serve a practical purpose by protecting inventions and enabling clearer pathways to ...

24. The number of high-value invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had reached ...

In 2003, #China ranked 14th in international #patent filings. In 2023, China has risen to No.1. Do I lie of course not, patents can be connected to ...

25. The number of valid invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had reached 5.32 ... - Facebook

The number of valid invention patents held on the Chinese mainland had reached 5.32 million by the end of 2025, while the total number of ...

26. Aaron Maguregui and Matthew Horton Featured for Insight on Patents in Digital Health

Foley & Lardner LLP partner Aaron Maguregui and senior counsel Matthew Horton are featured for their insights on the value of patents for digital ...

27. IonQ Could Be One of the Most Important Tech Stocks of the Next Decade | The Motley Fool

The company has over 1,100 patents, both granted and pending, which suggests that it has a wide technological moat. Moreover, IonQ points out that ...

28. Fujinon Full Frame 75mm F1.4 and 56mm F1.4 Patents Spotted - Fuji Rumors

A couple of new lens patents have now been spotted by the Japanese website asobinet. 51mmF1.4 54mmF1.4 56mmF1.2 74mmF1.4 Interestingly the lenses ...

29. GlobalData's patents intelligence delivers up to 9% annualized alpha, outperforming ...

Sustainability: Verified green innovation patents provide a credible alternative to unsubstantiated green-washing claims. A patents database built for ...

30. China ranks among global leaders in active AI patents as IP-intensive industries play ...

China ranks among the world's leading countries in the number of active artificial intelligence (AI) patents, while patent-intensive industries ...

31. USPTO Rejects Challenge Validity of First Solar TOPCon Patents - Ink World magazine -

Both patents cover methods of manufacturing TOPCon crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic (PV) solar cells. First Solar has pending lawsuits against ...

32. Litigators of the Week: Following Up a Record Patent Defense Win for Samsung With Walk ...

Kirkland was recognized for its recent win for Applied Materials in a lawsuit involving a pair of technology patents that had also been at issue ...

33. Merck Can't Get Fed. Circ. To Reconsider Axing MS Drug Patents - Law360

The Federal Circuit on Thursday refused to reconsider decisions invalidating Merck KGaA patents on the blockbuster multiple sclerosis drug ...

34. Why food chemistry patents face higher legal scrutiny at the EPO

With relatively high opposition rates to granted food chemistry patents, Emily Flood and Gamze Gezer-Voerknecht of NLO explain how innovators can ...

35. Meta, EssilorLuxottica sued over smartglasses technology - Reuters

The lawsuit said Meta's product collaborations with EssilorLuxottica sunglass brands Ray-Ban and Oakley infringe five of its patents. Solos ...

36. Volumez Technologies Assigned Two Patents - StorageNewsletter

Volumez Technologies,Tel Aviv, Israel, 2 patents for orchestrating remote block device connection between servers, remote storage method and ...

37. PATENT—Fed. Cir.: Invalidity of asserted claims of CellTrust's text-tracking patents affirmed ...

The district court correctly determined that the asserted claims of CellTrust's text-tracking patents were invalid as obvious and that the ...

38. 30 years of the TRIPS Agreement—and the cracks are showing | Patents | World IP Review

Patent term extensions beyond the 20-year TRIPS minimum;; Restrictions on compulsory licensing, making it harder for governments to override patents ...

39. Rooted rights: Lessons from plant patent infringement and invalidity cases - World IP Review

Patents · Rooted rights: Lessons from plant patent infringement and invalidity cases. EAKARAT BUANOI / Shutterstock.com. 23 January 2026Features ...