Data show that in 2008, the total number of international patent applications in the world was164,000, an increase of 2.4% over the previous year. The United States ranks first in the world with more than 53,000 patent applications; Japan and Germany ranked second and third respectively, with more than 28,000 applications and 1.8 million applications respectively; Other countries occupying the top ten in the world include South Korea, France, China, Britain, Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. Among them, the number of patent applications in South Korea, China and Sweden increased the fastest, reaching 7908, 6089 and 4 1 14 respectively last year, with the growth rates of 12%,1.9% and12 respectively.
In 2008, Huawei ranked first in the global patent application companies (individuals) with 65,438+0,737 applications, followed by Matsushita, Philips, Toyota and robert bosch.
According to the relevant person in charge of Huawei, Huawei has 87,000 employees, 43% of whom are involved in enterprise research and development. Over the years, the company insists that no less than 65,438+00% of its sales revenue is used for R&D, and 65,438+00% of its R&D investment is used for the research of cutting-edge technologies, core technologies and basic technologies. Huawei ranked first in the number of enterprise patent applications in China for six consecutive years, most of which were invention patents. By the end of February 2008, Huawei had applied for 35,773 patents.
Huawei has also set up R&D institutions in Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Xi, Chengdu and Wuhan in Europe, the United States, India and China, making full use of the global and national talent and technology resource platforms to establish a global R&D system. The company's Central Software Department, Shanghai Research Institute, Nanjing Research Institute and India Research Institute have all passed the CMM5 certification of the highest level of software quality management.
Huawei also actively participates in the work of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Joined 965,438+0 international standards organizations, and held more than 65,438+000 positions in these standards organizations, actively participating in the formulation of international standards. In 2008, Huawei submitted more than 1300 proposals in the fields of optical fiber transmission, access network, next generation network, IPQoS and security. More than 2,800 proposals have been put forward in the fields of core network, business application and wireless access.
It is understood that in 2008, Huawei's contracted sales reached $23.3 billion, an increase of 46% over the previous year, and the estimated sales revenue was $654.38+0.7 billion.