China:
China's Patent Applications Hit The New Benchmark
29 February 2016
CCPIT Patent & Trademark Law Office
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According to the official data revealed by the State
Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), China handled over 1.1 million
patent applications for invention last year, up 18.7 percent year
on year.
About 359,000 patents for invention were granted,
among which 263,000 patents were granted to domestic applicants,
100,000 more than in 2014, indicating an increase of 61.9%. Of all
the patents for invention granted in 2015, 60.5% went to Chinese
enterprises.
China's top oil-refiner Sinopec obtained
2,844 patents, the most among all Chinese firms, followed by
telecom giants ZTE and Huawei. The tables below show some of the
statistics regarding patents/patent applications for invention.
Top 10 Regions of China for Patent Applications
Rank |
Provinces |
Number |
1 |
Jiangsu |
154,608 |
2 |
Guangdong |
103,941 |
3 |
Shandong |
93,475 |
4 |
Beijing |
88,930 |
5 |
Anhui |
68,314 |
6 |
Zhejiang |
67,674 |
7 |
Shanghai |
46,976 |
8 |
Sichuan |
40,437 |
9 |
Chongqing |
35,086 |
10 |
Guangxi |
30,815 |
Top 10 Regions of China for Grants
Rank |
Provinces |
Number |
1 |
Jiangsu |
36,015 |
2 |
Beijing |
35,308 |
3 |
Guangdong |
33,477 |
4 |
Zhejiang |
23,345 |
5 |
Shanghai |
17,601 |
6 |
Shandong |
16,881 |
7 |
Anhui |
11,180 |
8 |
Sichuan |
9,105 |
9 |
Hubei |
7,766 |
10 |
Shanxi |
6,812 |
Top 10 Domestic Patent Applicants
Rank |
Applicants |
Number |
1 |
State Grid Co. |
6,111 |
2 |
China Petroleum &
Chemical Corporation |
4,372 |
3 |
ZTE Corporation |
3,516 |
4 |
Guangdong OPPO Mobile
Telecommunications Co., ltd |
3,338 |
5 |
Huawei Technology Co.,
Ltd. |
3,216 |
6 |
Xiaomi Technology Co.,
Ltd. |
3,183 |
7 |
Beijing QihooTechnology
Co. Ltd. |
2,777 |
8 |
BOE Technology Group
Co., Ltd. |
2,761 |
9 |
Zhuhai Gree Electric
Appliances, Inc. |
1,981 |
10 |
Lenovo (Beijing)
Limited |
1,826 |
Top 10 Domestic Patentees
Rank |
Patentees |
Number |
1 |
China Petroleum &
Chemical Corporation |
2,844 |
2 |
ZTE Corporation |
2,673 |
3 |
Huawei TechnologyCo.,
Ltd. |
2,413 |
4 |
State Grid Co. |
2,081 |
5 |
BOE Technology Group
Co., Ltd. |
1,115 |
6 |
Shenzhen China Star
Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. |
728 |
7 |
PetroChina Company
Limited |
641 |
8 |
Zoomlion Heavy Industry
Science & Technology Co., Ltd. |
596 |
9 |
Tencent, Inc. |
581 |
10 |
BYD Company Limited |
509 |
Top 10 Foreign Patent Applicants
Rank |
Applicants |
Number |
1 |
Alibaba Group Holding
Ltd. |
2,742 |
2 |
Samsung Electronics Co.
Ltd. |
2,117 |
3 |
Qualcomm
Incorporated |
1,943 |
4 |
Toyota Motor
Corporation |
1,921 |
5 |
Robert Bosch GmbH |
1,480 |
6 |
Hyundai Motor Ltd. |
1,441 |
7 |
Intel Corporation |
1,258 |
8 |
Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation |
1,210 |
9 |
Canon Inc. |
1,167 |
10 |
KONINKLIKE Philips
Electronics N. V. |
1,161 |
Top 10 Foreign Patentees
Rank |
Patentees |
Number |
1 |
Qualcomm
Incorporated |
1,350 |
2 |
Canon Inc. |
1,273 |
3 |
Toyota Motor
Corporation |
1,240 |
4 |
Panasonic Co., Ltd. |
1,117 |
5 |
Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation |
1,095 |
6 |
General Motors Global
Technology Operation Co., Ltd. |
1,005 |
7 |
Robert Bosch GmbH |
940 |
8 |
KONINKLIKE Philips
Electronics N. V. |
920 |
9 |
Siemens Ltd. |
915 |
10 |
Samsung Electronics Co.
Ltd. |
912 |
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