Group 1 - The number of valid invention patents in China reached 4.97 million as of May this year, with 77 national intellectual property protection centers established across 29 provinces, covering 80% of national high-tech industrial development zones [1] - From January to May this year, the protection centers handled 38,000 intellectual property rights cases, with an average resolution time of under two weeks, including direct mediation of 11,000 disputes [1] - The National Intellectual Property Administration has conducted various patent priority examinations, with 84,000 cases of priority examination and 116,000 cases of expedited examination processed this year [1] Group 2 - The accuracy rate for invention patent examination in the first quarter reached 95.1%, indicating stable authorization quality [2] - Measures are being taken to enhance the quality of patent applications, including stricter pre-examination and handling of fraudulent applications to maintain normal examination order [2] - The application of artificial intelligence in patent examination is set to be upgraded to improve the accuracy of patent comparison and assist examiners in understanding inventions more effectively [2]