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Chinese Company Files More European Patent Applications Than Any Other

2018/03/08

A Chinese company has topped the European Patent Office's 2017 patent-filing league table for the first time, according to results announced on March 7 in Brussels. Chinese telecoms giant Huawei filed 2,398 patents, more than second and third placed Siemens and LG. The latest listing shows a 16.6 percent year-on-year growth in the number of patents filed by Chinese companies in Europe. The total number of patents filed by enterprises from all nations grew by 3.9 percent. Other Chinese companies that filed a large number of patent applications in 2017 included the telecoms company ZTE, e-commerce company Alibaba, mobilephone maker Xiaomi, and automotive maker BYD.

Source: China Daily




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