The number of PCT patent applications in China ranks first in the world, with a year-on-year increase of 16. 1%.
By country, China is still the country with the largest number of PCT patent applications in the world in 2020, with 68,720 applications, up 16. 1% year-on-year. Followed by the United States (59,230 applications, up 3% year-on-year), Japan (50,520 applications, down 4. 1% year-on-year), South Korea (20,060 applications, up 5.2% year-on-year) and Germany (18,643 applications, down 3.7% year-on-year).
In addition to the top ten, other countries with strong growth include Saudi Arabia (956 applications, up 73.2% year-on-year), Malaysia (255 applications, up 26.2% year-on-year), Chile (262 applications, up 17.0% year-on-year) and Singapore (1278 applications, up year-on-year.
Overall, Asia accounted for 53.7% of all PCT applications, compared with 35.7% before 10.
PCT applications are the most: Huawei ranks first.
According to the report, in the ranking of global enterprises' PCT patent applications, Huawei filed 5,464 PCT patent applications in China in 2020, ranking first for the fourth consecutive year. Followed by Samsung galaxy(3093 pieces), Japanese mitsubishi electric (28 10 pieces), Korean LG Electronics (2,759 pieces) and American Qualcomm (2 173 pieces). In addition, among the top ten manufacturers, JD.COM of China and OPPO ranked seventh and eighth with 1892 and 180 1 PCT respectively. In addition, ZTE and Ping An Technology in China are also among the top 20 manufacturers, with patent applications of 13 16 and 1304 respectively.
Among the former 10 PCT patent applicants, the number of PCT patent applications of LG Electronics increased the fastest, with a year-on-year increase of 67.6%. So it rose from10,438+09 in 2065 to the fourth place in 2020.
Judging from the number of PCT patent applications from global educational institutions in 2020, the number of applications from the University of California is 559, ranking first. Followed by MIT (269), Shenzhen University in China (252), Tsinghua University in China (23 1) and Zhejiang University (209).
In addition, the top ten universities include five universities in China, four universities in the United States and one university in Japan.
Patent applications account for more technical fields.
In the technical field with a high number of PCT patent applications, computer technology accounts for the largest proportion of published PCT applications, accounting for 9.2% of the total. Followed by digital communication (8.3%), medical technology (6.6%), motor (6.6%) and measurement (4.8%).
Before 2020, six of 10 technologies achieved double-digit growth, among which audio-visual technology had the highest growth rate, reaching 29.5% (8.7% last year), followed by digital communication (15.8%), computer technology (13.2%) and measurement (65433.
In addition, according to the ranking of PCT patent applications in related technical fields in 2020, China ranked first in the field of digital communication, second in the field of computer technology and third in the field of listening technology in 2020. The United States ranks first in the field of computer technology, Japan ranks first in the field of motor/electrical appliances/energy technology, South Korea ranks first in the field of digital communication technology, and Germany ranks first in the field of transportation technology.