Huawei ranks in the top ten for the first time in U.S. patent applications

By: Mzee Kobe

From the point of view of the ownership of patent companies granted by the U.S. government, the United States ranks first with 156,600 patents. Japan ranks second with 54,400. South Korea ranks third with 22,100. Finally, China ranks fourth with 16,900. Germany ranked fifth with 16,800 pieces. This is also the first time that China has surpassed Germany.

Last year was the year with the highest number of patents granted by the US government. It was also last year that Huawei was among the top 10 in the United States for the first time in the number of patent applications in the United States. Overall, China also surpassed Germany in 2019, becoming the fourth largest country on the U.S. patent list. Source: Bloomberg.

However, in fact, not only Huawei, but also the number of patent applications filed by Chinese companies such as BOE and Tencent in the United States increased sharply year-on-year, exceeding the national average.

On January 14, the US Commercial Patent Database (IFI Claims Patent Services) released data showing that the US Patent and Trademark Office awarded a total of 333,530 patents in 2019, a year-on-year increase of 15%. year.

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