In the last couple of years, we have observed all sorts of technology companies beginning to invest significant sums of money in research and development. While it is hard to learn about new breakthroughs before they are seen with newly launched products, it is possible to anticipate future offerings of a company by the patents they have been granted.
On the 15th of October, the State Intellectual Property Office of China has published a list that reveals the number of patents awarded to different companies in September 2019. The top three companies in the lists include Oppo, Huawei and State Grid which provides a fair indication into how successful these companies have been in the development of new technologies.
Speaking of numbers, Oppo, Huawei and the Grid Company were awarded 266, 264 and 210 patents, in respective order, last month. Whereas, in the month of August the Grid Company was awarded 336 patents which were followed by Huawei and Oppo that secured 331 and 316 patents respectively.
Moreover, in the G06 category which deals with “calculation and counting” related intelectuall properties, Oppo once again came out on top with 101 invention patents, Tencent, the developer of PUBG was awared 85 invention patents and Alibaba Holdings group was awared 81 invention patents.
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Another category list that has been revealed by the same document is “H04” which deals with “Electronic Communication Technology”. The most number of patents in this category was awarded to Huawei which include 188 patents while Oppo came in at second in this list with 138 patents.
This high number of patents secured by Huawei and Oppo reflects that the Chinese companies have been investing heavily been in R&D. Even if we had not seen this list, the developments made by these companies could not be avoided. For example, Oppo has recently launched the Reno Ace which supports 65W fast charging. On the other hand, it is hard to miss the expertise of Huawei in the field of 5G. Notably, it was one of the few companies that have successfully developed a 5G modem, namely the Balong 5000.
To wrap things up, these patents suggest that a whole lot of technologies might soon be making their way in consumer devices.
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