Huawei has recorded its biggest ever annual jump in the number of patents it owns in 2020 and accordingly become one of the world’s largest patent holders go one better than all its contenders in the market.
Huawei as a leader in many ICT technologies filed its first patent application in China back in 1995, and its first patent application in the US in 1999. In 2019, Huawei ranked second in Europe in terms of the number of patents granted.
Ranked as China’s top patent holder, is recognized as a leader in ICT infrastructure and a provider of smart devices. Huawei owns patents in telecom equipment, notably in 5G technology,, the place it dominates the worldwide customary. Video surveillance technologies is another main field that Huawei has many patents, as well as cloud technology and optical industry.
Huawei, which ranks as China’s prime patent holder, holds a big proportion of its patents in telecoms gear, notably in 5G expertise, the place it dominates the worldwide customary. It has additionally filed patent purposes for video surveillance applied sciences and different types of synthetic intelligence, analysts stated.
According to independent reports, Huawei was the leading applicant for patents at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In 2020, Huawei applied for 5,464 patents under WIPO’s patent co-operation treaty, has surpassed Samsung of South Korea, for its 3,093 patents, which is placed in second place, followed by Mitsubishi Electric of Japan, LG Electronics of South Korea, and Qualcomm of the US.
Huawei was blacklisted by the US in 2019 due to issues over nationwide safety, halted its entry to many important parts, and hitting its gross sales of smartphones around the globe. In the final three months of 2020, its smartphone gross sales have been down 41 percent from the identical interval the earlier 12 months.
Against US stress and all suppositions and defying all pressure, Huawei has continued investing money and efforts in innovation and it started paying off. By the end of 2020, Huawei held over 100,000 active patents in more than 40,000 patent families worldwide, up from just over 85,000 active patents at the end of 2019. This is the company’s biggest-ever annual increase in terms of patent ownership.
Huawei gained such success in patent ownership due to its long-term commitment to contributing to Intellectual Property (IP). Huawei has 105,000 research and development employees, around 53.4 percent of the company’s total workforce whereas its R&D investments totaled Rmb131.7bn, according to the press release
