What is the situation of China's patent application in the report of the European Patent Office?

According to the report of the European Patent Office, the number of patent applications submitted by China increased the first.

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According to the 20 16 annual report released by the European patent office on the 7th, the number of patent applications submitted by China to the office ranked first last year, and 5 1% of all patent applications in China came from the fields of digital communication, computer and telecommunication technology.

Last year, China submitted 7 150 patent applications to the European Patent Office, an increase of 24.8% compared with 5,728 in 20 15, and digital communication once again became the field with the highest proportion.

Last year, 20% of the patent applications filed by the European Patent Office in the fields of digital communication, computer and telecommunication technology came from China. Huawei ranks first in this field for the third time, ahead of companies such as Microsoft and Samsung, and ZTE ranks fifth in this field.