Huawei ranks first in European patent applications, becoming the first Chinese company to receive this award.

According to the “Microblogging News”, the “2017 Patent Application Annual Report” recently issued by the European Patent Office shows that in 2017, the number of patent applications filed by China in Europe reached 8330, an increase of 16.6% over the previous year. It ranks among the top global rankings. Fifth, second only to the United States, Germany, Japan and France.

The top ten companies that applied for patents in Europe in 2017 (Source: European Patent Office)

It is worth mentioning that on the global corporate patent application list, Huawei ranked first for the first time with 2,398 patent applications, becoming the first Chinese company to receive this honor, followed by Siemens, LG, Samsung, and Qualcomm. International technology company.

Other famous Chinese companies on the list include ZTE, Xiaomi, BOE, BYD and Alibaba.

It is reported that Huawei launched the P10 and P10 Plus smart phones equipped with artificial intelligence systems in Europe last year. It is popular among European consumers, and BYD's zero-emission buses have also been shuttled to London, Amsterdam, Turin, Oslo and other European cities. on the street.

The number of patent applications filed by the European Patent Office in China is steadily increasing (Source: European Patent Office)

According to the European Patent Office, in 2017, the European Patent Office received a total of 166,000 international patent applications, an increase of 3.9% over 2016; China's number of patent applications filed reached 8330, an increase of 16.6% over the previous year, and China replaced Switzerland for the first time. Become one of the top five countries in the European Patent Office, second only to the United States, Germany, Japan and France.

In 2017, medical technology once again became the area with the largest number of patent applications filed by the European Patent Office, an increase of 6.2% compared to 2016. The patent applications submitted by China are concentrated in three major technical fields, namely digital communications, computer technology and telecommunication technologies. In terms of digital communications, 19% of the patent applications for digital communications received by the European Patent Office came from China and reached 2173. Huawei ranked fourth in the field for the fourth time, followed by Ericsson and Qualcomm, while ZTE Corporation Ranked fifth.

In addition, the areas of China's most powerful technological patent projects in 2017 also include measurement, organic fine chemistry and biotechnology. The European Patent Office stated that this means that China's technology patent portfolio is continuously expanding.

The European Patent Office pointed out that China has already become the most powerful country among the top ten patent filing countries of the European Patent Office and continues to be a leader in promoting the development of the European Patent Office.