Huawei tops European patent applicant rankings for three consecutive years, surpassing Samsung and Qualcomm

The European Patent Office recently released the "Patent Index 2023". According to the report, Chinese companies and inventors submitted a total of 20,735 patent applications last year, an increase of 8.8% from 19,062 the previous year. It has more than doubled in five years.

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The report shows that Huawei submitted 5,071 applications to the European Patent Office in 2023, accounting for a quarter of all patent applications from China, continuously For the third year, it topped the list of European Patent Office applicants, surpassing "old rivals" such as Samsung and Qualcomm. It is reported that Huawei is also the first applicant in the field of computer technology and ranks second in the field of digital communications. Other Chinese companies with a large number of patent applications at the European Patent Office include ZTE (947), CATL (832), OPPO Guangdong Mobile Communications (774) and vivo Mobile Communications (701).

Looking at overall data, the European Patent Office received a total of 199,275 patent applications from all over the world in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 2.9%, setting a record high. In 2023, China became the top five source countries of European patent applications, along with the United States, Germany, Japan and South Korea.

CNMO also learned that the top three fields of patent applications in China in 2023 are digital communications (a year-on-year increase of 9.7%), electrical machinery and energy (a 27.5% increase) , computer technology (increased by 0.3%). In the field of digital communications, China has become the country with the most patent applications. In the fields of electrical machinery, instrumentation and energy (including battery technology), China has also become the leading country in patent applications for the first time. Three Chinese companies have entered the European Patent Office's top 10 list for patent applications related to battery technology, including CATL, ATL New Energy Technology and BYD.

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