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According to the official data revealed by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), China handled over 1.1 million patent applications for invention last year, up 18.7 percent year on year.
According to the official data revealed by the State
Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), China handled over 1.1 million
patent applications for invention last year, up 18.7 percent year
on year. About 359,000 patents for invention were granted,
among which 263,000 patents were granted to domestic applicants,
100,000 more than in 2014, indicating an increase of 61.9%. Of all
the patents for invention granted in 2015, 60.5% went to Chinese
enterprises. China's top oil-refiner Sinopec obtained
2,844 patents, the most among all Chinese firms, followed by
telecom giants ZTE and Huawei. The tables below show some of the
statistics regarding patents/patent applications for invention.
Top 10 Regions of China for Patent Applications
Rank
Provinces
Number
1
Jiangsu
154,608
2
Guangdong
103,941
3
Shandong
93,475
4
Beijing
88,930
5
Anhui
68,314
6
Zhejiang
67,674
7
Shanghai
46,976
8
Sichuan
40,437
9
Chongqing
35,086
10
Guangxi
30,815
Top 10 Regions of China for Grants
Rank
Provinces
Number
1
Jiangsu
36,015
2
Beijing
35,308
3
Guangdong
33,477
4
Zhejiang
23,345
5
Shanghai
17,601
6
Shandong
16,881
7
Anhui
11,180
8
Sichuan
9,105
9
Hubei
7,766
10
Shanxi
6,812
Top 10 Domestic Patent Applicants
Rank
Applicants
Number
1
State Grid Co.
6,111
2
China Petroleum &
Chemical Corporation
4,372
3
ZTE Corporation
3,516
4
Guangdong OPPO Mobile
Telecommunications Co., ltd
3,338
5
Huawei Technology Co.,
Ltd.
3,216
6
Xiaomi Technology Co.,
Ltd.
3,183
7
Beijing QihooTechnology
Co. Ltd.
2,777
8
BOE Technology Group
Co., Ltd.
2,761
9
Zhuhai Gree Electric
Appliances, Inc.
1,981
10
Lenovo (Beijing)
Limited
1,826
Top 10 Domestic Patentees
Rank
Patentees
Number
1
China Petroleum &
Chemical Corporation
2,844
2
ZTE Corporation
2,673
3
Huawei TechnologyCo.,
Ltd.
2,413
4
State Grid Co.
2,081
5
BOE Technology Group
Co., Ltd.
1,115
6
Shenzhen China Star
Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
728
7
PetroChina Company
Limited
641
8
Zoomlion Heavy Industry
Science & Technology Co., Ltd.
596
9
Tencent, Inc.
581
10
BYD Company Limited
509
Top 10 Foreign Patent Applicants
Rank
Applicants
Number
1
Alibaba Group Holding
Ltd.
2,742
2
Samsung Electronics Co.
Ltd.
2,117
3
Qualcomm
Incorporated
1,943
4
Toyota Motor
Corporation
1,921
5
Robert Bosch GmbH
1,480
6
Hyundai Motor Ltd.
1,441
7
Intel Corporation
1,258
8
Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation
1,210
9
Canon Inc.
1,167
10
KONINKLIKE Philips
Electronics N. V.
1,161
Top 10 Foreign Patentees
Rank
Patentees
Number
1
Qualcomm
Incorporated
1,350
2
Canon Inc.
1,273
3
Toyota Motor
Corporation
1,240
4
Panasonic Co., Ltd.
1,117
5
Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation
1,095
6
General Motors Global
Technology Operation Co., Ltd.
1,005
7
Robert Bosch GmbH
940
8
KONINKLIKE Philips
Electronics N. V.
920
9
Siemens Ltd.
915
10
Samsung Electronics Co.
Ltd.
912
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