1.2018 cell phone manufacturers keen collapsible cell phone patent drawings contrast;
The clamshell shell cellphone, popular many years ago, is a symbol of "vintage" for many experienced cellphone users, but in the coming year, the foldable cellphone is on the brink! If the 2017 smartphones were made by major manufacturers Screen "battle, then this year is to play big folding screen, in addition to ZTE has introduced new machines, including Apple, Samsung, LG, OPPO are competing in research and development!
apple
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced Apple's Electronic Devices With Flexible Displays, a foldable screen that has a bendable area that opens and closes like a book. When the device is folded, the screen It is also possible to bend with this bending axis.
The most important thing is that this screen is not OLED screen, but also support LCD, OLED, microLED three specifications of the screen.This is the first time in the patent file, Apple mentioned the microLED display screen material used in Apple products, Therefore, the outside world that foldable iPhone is a chance to use microLED screen.
Although Apple filed the patent application in September 2016 and made it public in November 2017, the outside world does not think that the foldable iPhone will come out sooner, speculating that the key is the microLED technology.According to "9to5mac", the foldable iPhone May be listed in 2021, Samsung rival Galaxy X may be entirely two years later.When Apple suffered frustration due to the OLED screen, turn to microLED research and development, while the folding iPhone may use microLED technology, push Estimated to come out in 2021, as to whether with the introduction of folding smart phones Samsung accelerate the pace of development, remains to be observed.
Samsung
As early as the CES Consumer Electronics Show in 2013, Samsung demonstrated the OLED soft display technology called "Youm". At that time, the idea was to use a flexible screen capable of bending, twisting and folding to connect a large-screen flat panel Although Samsung has been accumulating patent-related patents, it is also reported in the first quarter of 2017 that Samsung will launch a foldable screen phone that can expand the 5-inch screen into an 8-inch called Galaxy X. However, After a lapse of five years, it is a pity that Samsung did not expect to open a collapsible new machine at CES 2018 as it is expected to show only certain partners a prototype design of a collapsible 7.3-inch OLED soft phone screen.
From the patent filed by Samsung to Korea Patent Office, it can be seen that the foldable screen phone of Samsung is relatively close to that of the previous clamshell phone. After opening, the screen layout is biased toward the long type (see Figure 2).
Samsung publicly announced in September 2017 that it plans to launch a collapsible smart phone in 2018 that can overcome some of the production challenges. The Samsung Galaxy X is expected to launch with only a 5-inch screen , But will expand to become an 8-inch tablet computer.From Samsung to the world to apply for WIPO patents in January this year, just open, Galaxy X expects 7.3-inch OLED screen, although the hinge structure, but the phone folded in the The middle of the screen seamless (see Figure III), after all, if Samsung's new machine will be like the patent revealed by the design, the result is looking forward to.
LG
LG in July 2015 to the Korean Patent Office to apply for a screen foldable mobile phone patent, the main feature is "spread the phone screen into a flat", the folded state of the phone will have the front and rear two display screen, the middle of the two screen folding Parts can be used to manipulate the music or inform the message. In addition, the phone can stand on the desktop, camera lens, flash, fingerprint identification components will be placed close to the side of the fuselage (see Figure 4).
LG in July 2015 to the Korean Patent Office to apply for a screen foldable mobile phone patent, the main feature is "spread the phone screen into a flat", the folded state of the phone will have the front and rear two display screen, the middle of the two screen folding Parts can be used to manipulate the music or inform the message. In addition, the phone can stand on the desktop, camera lens, flash, fingerprint identification components will be placed close to the side of the fuselage (see Figure 4).
July 2017 LG submitted to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) a patent titled "Cell Phones with Foldable Flexible Displays", exposing two versions of the patent map, one with a foldable cellphone and a rear panel There is a photographic lens that shows the time of the previous screen when collapsed, the second is that when the phone is folded, the back cover is pushed aside and the transparent portion is displayed in front of the right. The sidebar shows time and notifications. There is also a camera lens module behind the device. Previously rumored LG is planning to mass-produce folding screen phone in the second half of 2017, and from the recent patent applications of LG several files, can be seen folding traces, only However, the first quarter of this year, LG's new machines have not seen the foldable design.
OPPO
OPPO in May 2017 to the Chinese Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) applied for a patent-foldable cell phone appearance, just announced at the end of January this year. OPPO this folding screen is not from the two Block screen, but through the flexibility of the back hinge and the screen to achieve the folding function, the phone will expand after the emergence of a complete screen, but from the front still have forehead and chin, folding the screen is not full screen.
From the patent applications of various handset manufacturers, the folding screen will be the development trend of the future handsets. ZTE has officially released the folding smartphone Axon M in Beijing in January this year, and who will continue to roll out the folding handsets , I believe it will be the focus of the mobile phone market! North American intellectual property newspaper
2. In 2017, China accepted 51,000 PCT international patent applications;
Data source: State Intellectual Property Office
Cartography: Zhang Fangman
(Intern Li Qiao involved in writing and writing)
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In recent years, the patented overseas layout capability of our country has been continuously enhanced, and many of the names of Chinese enterprises that reflect innovative indicators appear more and more names of Chinese companies. From the patented power to the patent powerful country, the layout of our patent further escorts the enterprises' going global, By "One Belt and One Road Initiative", we should step up cooperation and seize the initiative in emerging technologies so as to constantly improve our innovative strength and international influence.
Nearly 10 times
Chinese companies in the United States have 10 years of patent growth
More open: overseas patent distribution capabilities continue to increase
From the Arctic glacial glacier to the fishing boat on the Rhine, overlooking one another, it seems as if people have opened the Eye of God, blending the mystery of nature with the skill of science and technology.
This is the just unveiled award-winning UAV photo contest works.Nowadays, civilian drones, people will first think of the brand is the Xinjiang, the association has not only limited to China, about 80% of its consumer-level UAV Revenue comes from markets outside Mainland China.
Just a few years, Xinjiang how to do in the field of civilian UAV Suddenly? Perhaps the following set of data can be revealed: As of the end of 2017, DJI global patent grants approaching 1900, of which 176 in China, the United States more than 100 Japan close to 100, Europe 18.
In recent years, the ability of our country's enterprises to overseas patent layout has been continuously enhanced, and in 2017, the number of domestic enterprises submitted more than 100 international patent applications under the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) in 2013 reached 44, an increase of 18 over 2016.
In 2016, the number of PCT applications filed by Chinese applicants was 43,000, ranking the third in the world. In 2017, SIPO received a total of 51,000 PCT international patent applications, an increase of 12.5% over the same period of the previous year, of which 48,000 were from the Mainland. The use of PCT patent applications more and more active, reflecting the strength of our innovation and international influence continues to rise. 'This shows that our innovators began to explore the world market, seeking benefits.' 'Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Strategic Technology Consulting Fellow Liu Haibo said.
In recent years, the number of Chinese companies acquiring patents in the United States has also risen steadily, attracting the attention of the industry. According to the latest report released by the U.S. Commercial Patent Database, the number of Chinese-owned patents in the United States has increased by nearly 10 times in less than 10 years; In 2017, an increase of 28% from 2016 to 11,241, making it the fifth largest source of patent applications in the United States, Japan, South Korea and Germany.
What should be seen is that there is still not a small gap between our country and the foreign patent powerhouse. From the amount of invention patents granted abroad by the countries in 2016, there are only 20,000 in China, ranking the seventh in the world, The first United States (133,000) compared to only 1/6.
16%
The number of applications along the Belt and Road is increasing
More accurate: escort for the company 'going out'
In December 2017, the Eurasian Patent Office issued the 50,000th Certificate of Patent Application, and China Wolverine, the company that took the security check of customs in Kyrgyzstan, as the co-applicant, won the bid from the secretariat of the Eurasian Patent Office, The certificate and medal from Lesopwa, which is a collimator and inspection system mainly used in the field of vehicle safety inspection, is the 625th patent application filed by the Chinese applicant with the Eurasian Patent Office.
In 2017, the first summit of the 'One Belt and One Road' Initiative for International Cooperation was held smoothly in Beijing. The State Intellectual Property Office, on behalf of the Chinese government and the World Intellectual Property Organization, signed a cooperation agreement on strengthening the 'One Belt and One Road' intellectual property rights and initially set up the 'Belt and Road Initiative' Normalization mechanism of cooperation.
With the aid of the "Belt and Road" initiative, our country is accelerating the application of national patent applications along the Belt and Road initiative, which reflects the supportive role of the patent layout in escorting the enterprises' going global. In 2017, along the "Belt and Road" The number of patent applications in the country (excluding China) was 5608, an increase of 16.0% over the same period of 2007. Among them, there were 2,724 patent applications in India and 1,354 patent applications in Russia, The number of countries applying for patents along the Belt and Road initiative was 4319, an increase of 16.8% over 2016; the number of countries applying for patent in China reached 41, an increase of 4 over 2016.
According to the statistics of the classification of national economy, in 2017, among the top 10 countries in the world in the number of patent applications filed by other countries along the country, computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing industries are the industries most frequently covered by patent applications. In other industries.
Liu Haibo said that increasing the intensity of patent applications in countries and regions along the Belt and Road initiative and seeking layout in advance will not only help our country's enterprises build a corresponding high-level competitive advantage, but also help our country and regions along the line to conduct multi-directional and bi-directional And one-way technology transfer services. It will also help to promote economic and trade systems that conform to international rules along economically less developed countries and regions, and will be more conducive to the full and full implementation of the 'One Belt and One Road Initiative.'
Second in the world
Chinese artificial intelligence patent applications
Smarter: Emerging industries actively engage in international competition
This is not a scene from a science fiction movie, while the patient is soberly holding the violins while the robotic brain hemangiomas are undergoing surgery. It is an adjuvant surgery from Bohui Weikang's surgical robot Remebot.
Rui Mi, the robot performing surgery, is about to turn 20 this year. It is the first robot in China that can do brain surgery and has created many firsts in China. The first successful clinical application in China was the first in Domestic long-range surgery, the first in the country to enter the medical insurance robotic surgery project ... '20 years to achieve such an achievement, the most fundamental is our grasp of the core technology.' Bai Hui Wei founder Liu Da said so far, Bohui Weikang has received 18 patents in related fields, has filed 40 patent applications.
At present, the traditional industries actively plan the layout of patents and attach importance to research, development and innovation. The emerging industries are seizing the opportunity to strengthen their core competitiveness and actively participate in international competition. In many fields, they have not Vulgar performance.Liu Haibo said that these emerging areas of technology are patent-intensive areas, science and technology, industry development, highly dependent on the layout of the patent.So, in order to achieve these areas turn overtaking, patent layout must take precautions, advance action .
The field of artificial intelligence has become one of the areas where our country may realize curve overtaking.Wuzhen think tank data show that in the number of artificial intelligence patents, the number of new artificial intelligence patents in China surpassed 9,000 in 2016, more than twice that of the United States.Chinese artificial intelligence The number of companies, the number of patent applications and the scale of financing are second only to the United States, ranking second in the world. Nowadays, China's artificial intelligence field is top-level design and implementation of the implementation of two efforts to develop, seize the opportunity to gain momentum to open new A round of sprint.
The same is true of cloud computing.Gartner's global third quarter 2017 server market report released by global authoritative research firm Gartner shows that 3 of the top 6 global server market share come from China and the top of cloud server market share Among the 6, there are 4 Chinese enterprises including Inspur, Lenovo, Dawning and Huawei, while in terms of technological innovation, the number of patent applications filed by Chinese enterprises is also among the highest in the world
3. Chinese enterprises are facing the risk of intellectual property in the process of globalization;
Wen ︱ Ma Yufeng
Partner, Orrick & Co.
In order to promote a more coordinated and orderly development and application of technologies, certain technical issues in some fields have been standardized and at the same time, technology and patents are inextricably linked, thus deriving the necessary technical standards to meet certain technical requirements The patent in use, the "SEP." The importance of a standard essential patent for the realization of technology gives the patent holder an advantage that the holder of that class can refuse to give permission to the implementer or request a high amount of Therefore, the standard setting body requires that the standard essential patent holder make a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) commitment that the standard essential patent holder can not refuse the license; the royalty rate should be equal to the value of the patent itself , Not higher than the royalty rate before the patent was included in the standard; there should be no price discrimination for different licensees.
Recently, China, the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries have made judgments related to the standard essential patent FRAND licensing. On December 21, 2017, the Central District Court of California issued a standard necessary patent between TCL Communications Technology Holdings Co., Ltd. and Ericsson On January 11, 2018, Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court ruled Huawei first instance in its case of Samsung patent infringement necessary victory, ordered Samsung should immediately stop using Manufacturing, sales, promised sales of Huawei's patent infringement on the behavior of two inventions, Huawei found that no obvious fault in the negotiation process, in line with FRAND principles; and Samsung refused to arbitrate in the negotiation process, the standard required patents and non-standard necessary Patent packaging and licensing behavior, there are obvious procedural and substantive errors, was found to violate the FRAND principles.In these cases, we see the trend of globalization of Chinese enterprises, especially in the field of communications technology, Chinese enterprises have been patented Different identities, such as the holder and the implementer, open the litigation strategy globally.
Although Huawei won the standard-essential patent on the Chinese market in the Shenzhen Intermediate Court hearing, are Chinese companies in a similarly advantageous position in the rest of the world? The answer may not be the same. , Huawei lost the case against Unwired Planet in a patent necessary for the mobile communications (2G / GSM, 3G / UMTS, 4G / LTE) standard. Birss, who was the case at the trial, demanded that Huawei and the wireless planet Sign a global patent license agreement and pay a license fee, Huawei's products will be banned in the UK market if Huawei refuses to accept FRAND license fees or refuses to pay licensing fees. The European market can be said to be Huawei's major overseas market, the verdict Behind the hidden Chinese companies in the globalization process of intellectual property risk.
• Increase the difficulty of countering competition and counterclaims by competition law enforcement by increasing the number of patent essential implementers
In the case of infringement litigation filed by a standard essential patent holder, the enforcer of a standard essential patent usually submits a defense and counterclaim of the holder's violation of the competition law, as is the case in the present case, and Huawei argues that the wireless planet is using it in the negotiation process The abuse of bans on market dominance limits the competition in the relevant markets, violates Article 102 of the EU Treaty on abuse of market dominance, and does not have the authority to advocate a bail relief. Judge Buss concludes that while wireless planets hold the standard Patent-related market dominance, but did not abuse the market dominance .Bos Judge also believes that FRAND licensing rates and the boundaries of violations of competition laws are not the same, during the negotiations raised a royalty rate above the FRAND royalty rate Does not necessarily violate the competition law and holders only constitute an abuse of market dominance if the licensing rates claimed by the standard-essential patent holders are much higher than the FRAND rates, thus disrupting or damaging the negotiations themselves. In the standard essential patent infringement litigation filed by the competition law counterclaim or counterclaim the scope of the implementation of the patent For clearly negative.
• Forcing Chinese companies to reach global approvals with essential patent holders in the standards and bear high royalty fees
Wireless Planet asked Huawei to reach a FRAND license for its global patent portfolio while Huawei said it would only be willing to license FRAND for the UK patent portfolio and argue that companies should not use their market dominance under the general principles of the EU competition law On the issue of global licensing, Judge Buss believes that global licensing is universal in practice, and most of the licenses that cover the standard essential patents are in the scope of the global patent portfolio.Moreover, Huawei's business area has exceeded the wireless The licensing scope of the planetary patent portfolio and the blanket licensing of the global patent portfolio will not distort market competition.The British High Court's support for global licensing does not fully take into account differences in patentability requirements and infringement judgment standards for inventions in different regions Objective factors such as these may result in patent applicants being disadvantaged in the FRAND licensing negotiations in the UK and being forced to accept the global FRAND license from the patent holder and to pay for licensing fees that exceed the value of the patent portfolio The verdict will also shift to encouraging the essential patent holder to actively Optional English court patent infringement litigation, the use of bargaining advantage in forcing the British standard implementers reached a patent portfolio license covering multiple regions.
• Cause Chinese companies to face a higher risk of lock-up overseas
Since Judge Buss found Huawei has violated two valid standards necessary patents for the Wireless Planet and the Wireless Planet did not violate the EU competition law and is in compliance with the FRAND principle, Huawei was convicted that Huawei should pay the license fee as of January 1, 2013 Huawei is required to reach a license agreement with Wireless Planet after writing a global patent license based on the royalty rate proposed in the Judgment and if Huawei does not accept a global license agreement or does not pay a patent license fee, It is noteworthy that Judge Bursar's injunction has the additional clause that the ban will expire after the FRAND license agreement between Huawei and Wireless Planet is expired.At the same time, if the patent license period is shorter than the patent expiration date , Either party may, at its option, bring it to the court to re-establish whether the injunction based on the valid patent took effect.
A standard essential patent is an indispensable condition for meeting a specific technical standard, so once a Chinese company is found to have infringed patent rights and is judged not to be allowed to sell in a particular geographical area, the enterprise will not be able to use the standard in the geographical area Patents, just as deprived of the technological base of the product, led to the complete loss of product's market share in the region, and the ban on patent applicants would affect Chinese companies going global and impeding Chinese companies from opening up overseas markets, in addition to reducing China The company's operating income, will also limit the globalization of Chinese enterprises.
• Raise Chinese companies' exposure to overseas' patent rogue 'litigation
Different from Samsung, TCL and other companies in the field of communications visibility, many consumers and telecommunications operators in the plaintiff for this case nothing knows nothing about the wireless planet.It is understood that plaintiff Wireless Planet is a California-based company, Its main asset is the 2,885 patents purchased from Ericsson Wireless Planet has repeatedly prosecuted Google's patent infringement in the United States, the lawsuit ended up mostly settlement.In the United Kingdom litigation, wireless planet also sued Samsung and Google, And reached a settlement agreement with Google and Samsung.According to the assets of Wireless Planet and its litigation experience, it is likely to be a patent troll company that resorts to patent litigation for a high license fee.As the United States attaches great importance in recent years The containment of 'patent rogues' and the support for wireless planets by the British courts in that case may have prompted more 'patent rogues' to actively choose English courts for litigation, since patent rogues are generally patented around the world Layout, when Chinese enterprises expand their business scope to enter the markets of various countries, overseas 'patent rogues' The lawsuit will not only hinder the Chinese enterprises from carrying out the globalization business, forcing Chinese enterprises to bear unjustified licensing fees or damages, but will also disrupt the orderliness of the patent system in various countries.
Although Judge Buss has calculated in detail the FRAND-approved benchmark rates for the necessary patents for the relevant standard by combining 'comparative licensing analysis' and 'top down analysis', and suggested that the major markets in Europe and the United States, China and other markets to varying degrees, and finally set the licensing fee is far lower than the allowable rates proposed by wireless planet, but the case still reflects the Chinese companies may need to license patents in overseas standards may face The inferior position, the risk of provocation of "patent rogue" and the infringement of intellectual property right in the course of globalization, while reflecting the risks, the ruling also reminds Chinese enterprises to pay attention to the protection of intellectual property in the process of expanding their global business, Actively invest in technological innovation, we must advance the layout of overseas patents to strengthen their global patent battle negotiations and consultation strength.
4. Guangdong's effective invention patents exceeded 200,000;
Recently, the reporter learned from the Guangdong Provincial Intellectual Property Office that according to the statistics of the State Intellectual Property Office, as of the end of 2017, the number of valid invention patents in Guangdong exceeded 200,000, reaching 20.85 The number of valid invention patents ranked the first in the country for 8 years in a row. The number of PCT international patent applications reached 26,800, an increase of 13.81% over the same period of previous year, accounting for 56.49% of the national total, ranking first in the country for 16 consecutive years.
Recently, Gree held the signing ceremony of Gree photovoltaic multi-line project cooperation signing ceremony at the sales headquarters of Phoenix World Trade Center in Arizona, USA "Only by grasping the core technology with independent intellectual property rights can we help the real development of China's economy." In 2017, Authorized number of 1273 pieces, ranking seventh in the country for two consecutive years, but also over the years the home appliance industry in the first year authorized the number of breakthroughs in 1000. 'Zhuhai Gree Electric Co., Ltd. responsible person to introduce to reporters. High-quality patent innovation R & D for the Chinese brand to the world laid a solid foundation.
In recent years, Guangdong has attached great importance to the cultivation of high-value invention patents and vigorously promoted the improvement of patent quality. "Notice of Guangdong Provincial People's Government on Printing and Distributing the Pilot Program of Leading IPR Provinces in Guangdong Province" issued in June 2016 and 2016 In the "13th Five-Year Plan for the Development of Intellectual Property in Guangdong Province" issued in December of the same year, all proposed to greatly enhance the level of creation of intellectual property rights, and the breakthrough in the amount of effective invention patents has provided a powerful force for Guangdong to build a leading province of leading intellectual property Support
Foster high value patents to enhance market competitiveness
It is reported that in 2017, Guangdong launched a series of measures focusing on fostering high-value patents and actively explored new modes of cultivating high value patents in collaboration with industry, education and research institutes. There were 6 "Patents, Incubators and Converters" and 2 "Intellectual Property Layout Design Centers". Guangzhou, Yangjiang, Zhanjiang, Maoming and other cities to play the patent award selection, project lead and other policy-oriented role, and strengthen high-value patent output.
In 2017, Guangdong won the 19th China Patent Gold Award 6, Outstanding Award 208, winning the highest number in the country.In the 19th China Patent Award, Guangdong Midea Life Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd. a rice cooker was The design patent Gold Award. She Yan, director of intellectual property company introduced this rice cooker, the price of 6999 yuan in the market, is ten times the ordinary rice cooker. Coincidentally, Guangzhou Baiyun Mountain Pharmaceutical Factory an antibiotic from the core technology To the process design, a total of 26 patents were developed, with annual sales of more than 400 million yuan of these products, which reflect the value of high-quality patents.Nowadays, through high-value patents, enterprises further enhance their market competitiveness.
While promoting the development of high-value patents, Guangdong Province has also actively opened the channel for the use of intellectual property rights. The first Guangdong Intellectual Property Trade Fair, to be held in 2017, showed 9,143 intellectual property projects and 18,855 patents, resulting in a transaction of intellectual property rights of 720 million yuan. Year, pledged patent financing pledged billions of dollars in Guangdong Province, amounting to 13.46 billion yuan, ranking first in the country.At present, the province has a total of 29 intellectual property operating platform agencies, intellectual property trading services 28, of which the national patent pilot enterprises Up to 15.
'Gauntenet provides a high-quality intellectual property operation service for many technology-based enterprises, and the number of Gaona's patent transactions reached 20,000 by the end of 2017. Yang Xiong, Chairman and President of Guangdong Gaantao Intellectual Property Operation Co., On the one hand, the increase of transaction volume is the recognition of patent quality by the market; on the other hand, it also reflects the control of enterprises on the quality of patents.
In 2018, Guangdong will further implement the project of cultivating high-quality patents and set up a high-value patent-making center for production, education and research to support various innovation centers to create high-quality patents and promote collaborative innovation and core technology and patent distribution among production, study and research institutes. "Guangdong Intellectual Property The relevant responsible person of the Bureau said that studying and formulating the policy of promoting high-quality development of intellectual property and establishing the filing system for patent application subsidy policy and strengthening the quality orientation will make Guangdong truly successful in building a leading IPR province with real credentials.
Enterprise groups continue to grow prominent position of the main highlight
In promoting the development of intellectual property in Guangdong Province, enterprises have become the major force in creating and using intellectual property.In the ranking of top 10 enterprises (excluding Hong Kong, Maucao and Taiwan) in the total number of invention patents granted in 2017 in China, there are four Among them, Huawei Technologies ranked second (3,293 cases), ZTE Corporation fifth (1,699 cases), Zhuhai Gree Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. ranked seventh (1,273 cases) Guangdong Opal Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. ranked eighth (1,222 cases).
BYD, on the basis of a steady increase in the number of patent applications, continuously improved patent quality through patent development and patent layout to enhance the core competitiveness of its products By the end of 2017, BYD had 7,072 valid domestic invention patents and 2,249 patent applications submitted in 2017, 1343 of which were inventions. "The relevant person in charge of BYD Co., Ltd. said that BYD has been actively exploring the creation of high-value patents under the guiding ideology of promoting innovation culture and accelerating the building of a powerful intellectual property country.
According to statistics, in 2017, there were 56,500 enterprises in Guangdong Province that applied for 455,400 patents, accounting for 72.53% of the total number of patent applications in the province; 110,800 were for inventions filed by 110,700 enterprises, accounting for the total number of invention patent applications As of the end of 2017, Guangdong had 162 state-level IPR advantageous enterprises and 50 demonstration enterprises, ranking the top in the country. There were 668 provincial-level IPR advantageous enterprises and 200 demonstration enterprises.
'In 2017, the total number of Tricyclic patent applications reached 31,712, of which 11,461 were invention patents and 1,923 were PCT.' 'Hao Chuanxin, a member of CPPCC Guangzhou Patent and Trademark Agency Co., Ltd., said in order to promote more high As the transformation of value patents, Sanhuan and China Construction Bank jointly launched the 'Tricyclic Patent Lending' special financial products to extend the industry chain of intellectual property services to a higher level and depth.
In addition, with the accelerating pace of construction of a leading province of intellectual property, relevant policies on intellectual property in Guangdong are being continuously optimized. In 2017, Guangdong Provincial Intellectual Property Office actively promoted the reform of administration according to law and 'administration and discharge of clothing' The level of legalization of intellectual property management.According to the relevant person in charge of Guangdong Provincial Intellectual Property Office introduced in 2017, Guangdong Province, decentralization of patent agency management authority (from the provincial level adjusted to Guangzhou, Shenzhen City) 5, abolished normative documents 8. The number of patent applicants enjoying the patent fee reduction and exemption policy in the province reached 70.26% and the number of submitting various types of materials was reduced by 357,000. The province's patent electronic filing rate reached 97.93%, 1.45 percentage points higher than the national average.
What deserves our attention is that in 2017, Guangdong Province established a remote reviewing mechanism for patent reexamination and implemented a "one-stop" approach to patent prioritization. It took the lead in launching the whole-process service of pre-service patent application and pledge registration in China, Patent reexamination and invalidation admissibility services, accepting 7717 reexaminations and invalid requests.
5.Uber and Google patent settlement of the latest valuation of 720 million;
On the morning of February 11, Waymo, a driverless car company owned by Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, has reached a civil lawsuit with U.S. taxi service Uber accused of stealing Waymo related to driverless technology Trade secrets.
Under the settlement, Uber will pay Waymo 240 million U.S. dollars in cash. In the investigation of the lawsuit, investigators said Uber valued at 72 billion U.S. dollars after it received a 1.25 billion U.S. dollar investment from Softbank last month. The cash payment is equivalent to 0.88% stake in Uber.
The dispute with Waymo dates back to being dismissed by former Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski, a former Google employee who left in 2016 to start the unmanned truck company Otto, The company was sold to Uber, which then filed a lawsuit against Uber alleging that Lewandowski left more than 14,000 confidential documents containing trade secrets when he left Google.
Lewandowski's finger-stealing data includes a blueprint of the circuit board and information related to a LiDAR system, which is a key component of a driverless vehicle sensor and is also crucial to map technology. Allegedly, Uber did use the company's intellectual property in its lidar technology.
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi posted a blog post insisting that Uber did not get Waymo's trade secrets and that 'we do not believe Uber had any use of Waymo in its driverless technology With information. "But Cososshassi said the two companies are working together to ensure that Uber's lidar and software are truly self-developed.
Cososshassi also admitted: 'Uber's acquisition of Otto could and could have been handled differently.'
6. China's AI patents increased by nearly 38% year on year R & D integration to create innovative heights
China made significant progress in the field of artificial intelligence in 2017. The 41st Statistical Report on Internet Development in China recently released by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") shows that in 2017, China's artificial intelligence Achieved Outstanding Achievements in R & D and Industrial Applications: China has an artificial intelligence enterprise of 592 or 23.3% of the global total as of June 2017. The Report also shows that the number of applications for China's artificial intelligence-related patents in 2016 30115, an increase of 37.73%, setting a new high.
As a strategic technology that leads the future, global competition around the development of artificial intelligence is increasingly intense. A new round of technological and industrial revolution centered on artificial intelligence in China is gaining momentum. New technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality are rapidly changing each other. Virtual economy and The combination of the real economy has brought revolutionary changes to people's mode of production and way of life.
Artificial intelligence first entered CNNIC report
As a professional institution for Internet development research in China, CNNIC disclosed the current AI development data for the first time. This shows that the development of artificial intelligence is in full swing and has become a great weapon for boosting the economy.
While China has become an important competitor in this field and is following the leader of the United States, the "report" data show that as of June 2017, the total number of global artificial intelligence enterprises reached 2,542, of which 1,078 were from the United States, accounting for 42.4%; China next, with 592, occupy 23.3% .China and the United States shortened to 486.
According to the "Report" analysis, the national strategies such as "Made in China 2025", "Guidance on Internet +" and "National Science and Technology Innovation Plan for the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" show our determination to attach importance to artificial intelligence and development.
In the meantime, artificial intelligence support policies, such as the "New Generation of Artificial Intelligence Development Plan" and the "Three-Year Action Plan for Promoting the Next Generation of Artificial Intelligence Industry (2018-2020)" will be released in 2017. The large subscriber market in China, The large number of Internet leaders engaged in digital activities, will provide a large amount of raw data to boost the rise of artificial intelligence.
At the same time, various local governments have introduced local plans and plans to support the development of artificial intelligence industry. "Report" shows that the current domestic artificial intelligence enterprises are mainly distributed in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Chengdu, Nanjing, Xiamen, Suzhou.
Development of artificial intelligence industry trends
Artificial intelligence research and application everywhere. Ai media consulting data show that China's artificial intelligence industry in 2016 has exceeded 10 billion yuan, an increase of 43.3%, is expected in 2017 the growth rate will increase to 51.2%, the scale of the industry reached 152.10 billion yuan, And will grow to 34.43 billion yuan in 2019. According to a report released by consulting firm Accenture in June 2017, "Artificial Intelligence: Boosting China's Economic Growth," the report shows that manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, wholesale and retail businesses will be gaining from artificial intelligence applications The three industries with the most benefit will be artificial intelligence, which will boost the annual growth rates of these three major industries by 2%, 1.8% and 1.7% respectively by 2035.
Nowadays, artificial intelligence has entered the life of mankind and has penetrated into all fields of production and life. For example, in the field of finance, the application of biometrics technology has made face-to-face payment a reality and provided personalized and exclusive wealth management at a lower cost In the field of logistics, products and services such as intelligent sub-orders, intelligent delivery robots, unmanned warehouses and unmanned aerial vehicles have been continuously helping the express delivery industry to enhance the logistics speed and service level. In the field of logistics, In the field of retail, in addition to the eye-catching exploratory applications such as unmanned supermarkets, artificial intelligence is also used to predict the purchase amount of fresh goods in supermarkets. In transportation, apart from maps and navigation applications, People driving have also made new progress; in the medical field, the ability to use AI and big data allows machines to screen and analyze medical images to aid doctors in diagnosing ...
Full layout to create AI power
At present, artificial intelligence is still in the "black box" decision-making stage, and the main methodology is still based on big data and big computing model. If we want the machine to think like human beings, we must feed it to the amount of days' data. As a result, There are also industry limitations.
Artificial intelligence technology research and development support, personnel training, industrial application system set up, cultivating a new format are all due, but the policy, law, ethical aspects of the global impact is equally important.Currently, the United States, Britain, the European Union and many other countries and regions Are seizing the opportunities, including the introduction of regulations and policies in areas such as autopilot and robotics aimed at breaking existing institutional barriers and creating new rules for technology and industry development. In the future, new technologies such as artificial intelligence may bring such as Data protection, liability, algorithmic regulation and other artificial intelligence laws, and is expected to reshape many international rules.
In addition, from the point of view of research and development, there is not enough talent reserve in the field of artificial intelligence at present in our country.Artificial intelligence is always the future direction of development.Artificial intelligence can bring new wealth to human beings only when it is learned from human beings. Only when a person adapts to a machine can the machine adapt to the development of man