The European Patent Office (EPO) has released a patent ranking for 2019. The data released show that the officed received a total of over 181,000 patent applications in 2019. The figure represented an increase of 4% over 2018. Among them, Chinese patent applications increased by 29.2% to 12,247, ranking fourth. The United States, Germany, and Japan make up the top three.

In terms of individual brands, Huawei ranked first among all brands with a total of 3524 patent applications. Samsung and LG ranked second and third with 2,858 and 2817 patents respectively.

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In January this year, the State Intellectual Property Office released data saying that in 2019, the number of Chinese invention patent applications was 14.01 million. Out of that massive figure, only 453,000 invention patents were approved. The data also showed that the number of invention patents granted in China in 2019 increased by 4.8% year-on-year, and the number of registered trademarks increased by 27.9% year-on-year.

Also in 2019, the top three domestic companies (excluding Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) in terms of patent approvals were: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (4510 patents), China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (2883 patents), OPPO Guangdong Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. (2614 patents).

Huawei’s rise to the top is hinged on the company’s huge investment in R&D which is reflected in the number of patent applications. The company was reported to have spent $15.3 billion on R&D in 2018. That may have increased by last year but we can’t say if the Chinese giant will whittle down its investments this year in the face of political pressure from the US and the raging Coronavirus epidemic that

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The European Patent Office (EPO) has revealed in a report that China’s Huawei filed the most patent applications in Europe last year.

The EPO says Huawei filed 2,398 patents and is the first Chinese company to top their list. Germany’s Siemens comes in at number two with 2,220 patents while South Korea’s LG grabs third place with 2,056 patents.

Huawei’s Senior Vice President, Song Liuping who spoke to Chinese media, China Daily, said the company values its intellectual property, and patent registration is one way it measures its international competitiveness.

The Munich-based European Patent Office which oversees patents filed from 38 countries in Europe, says Huawei’s high number of patents contributed to the 16.6% growth in patent applications by Chinese companies. This resulted in China occupying the 5th position on the list of nations with filed patents.

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While Huawei is doing well in Europe, it has been under negative spotlight in North America. A planned deal with US carrier AT&T, to sell its Mate 10 Pro flagship fell apart earlier this year.

US intelligence agencies have also warned people not to buy devices made by Huawei and ZTE, citing security concerns due to both companies being beholden to the Chinese government.

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