Another reported data may be earlier: "At present, ZTE has global patent applications of 1.7 million, and international patent applications exceed 1.4 million, of which invention patents account for more than 90%, far exceeding domestic counterparts. Among them, among the 3G patents owned by ZTE, invention patents also accounted for more than 90% of the total. "
The number of mobile phone patents in ZTE ranks first in China, among which the number of patent applications for 3G terminals alone has exceeded 1 000, ranking first in China.
According to a report in February this year, Huawei applied for the most patents in the world in 2008, but the following companies are all foreign companies. Another China company on the list is ZTE:
"65438129 October, according to the data released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., the largest telecom equipment manufacturer in China, topped the list of patent application companies for the first time in 2008.
According to foreign media reports, in 2008, according to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) of the World Intellectual Property Organization, the countries with the fastest growth in the number of patent applications were Sweden (12.5%), South Korea (12.0%) and China (1 1). The United States is still the country that has applied for the most international patents in the world for more than 30 years. Last year, * * * applied for more than 5352 1 10,000 patents, accounting for 32.7% of the total number of international PCT applications. China's achievements are also very bright, and it has become the sixth largest patent applicant in the world.
As far as enterprises are concerned, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. submitted 1737 PCT applications in 2008, making it the largest patent application company in the world for the first time. Panasonic ranked second with 1729 applications, while Philips, which had been far ahead before, only submitted 155 1 applications, ranking third. Among the top 100 companies, 38 are from the United States, 28 are from Japan, 13 are from Germany, and ZTE, another China company, is also on the list. "