Alibaba and Oppo become the first mainland companies to enter the Chinese patent rankings in Taiwan

According to new data released by the Intellectual Property Office of Taiwan, mainland companies are playing an increasingly important role in the local patent environment. In 2017, local and non-local companies in Taiwan increased their application rates, successfully reversing the number of applications for several consecutive years. Falling situation. Among the largest corporate TIPO users, invention patent applications increased by nearly 25%.

The year of last year when patent applications in Taiwan increased year-on-year was 2012, reaching a peak of 51,189. In 2017, it reached 46,122. Although it was far below the peak of 2012, it actually increased by 5% within 12 months. Local and non-indigenous Applicants are more active.

A key indicator of TIPO's track record is the trend of its top 100 users (a group of companies, universities and research institutes). In the corporate ranks, patent applications for inventions have increased by 24%. TSMC again dominated the rankings. The dominant position, the number of invention patents it applied for is more than twice the strength of the most competitor, Hon Hai, and Hon Hai president Gou Ming promised to shift the company's focus from the number of patent applications three years ago.

More interesting is the top 10 non-native applicants. Alibaba topped Qualcomm and its total was second only to TSMC. Oppo also appeared in the ranking for the first time as the seventh largest applicant. Defeated Samsung, a large rival that previously occupied this position.

Reviewing the TIPO report for the past 10 years, it was found that there were no precedents for mainland companies to enter the top 10 applicants. There were only two cases of entering the top 20 (Alibaba in 2015 and Innocom Shenzhen in 2012. Company). In 2009 and 2010, Hong Kong FIH operated by Terry Gou appeared on the list.