Recently, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released a report on the number of global patent applications in 22. According to the report, even though COVID-19 pandemic caused great casualties to human beings and economy, the number of PCT international patents applied through WIPO continued to increase by 4% in 22, and the number of applications reached 275,9.

China ranks first in the world in the number of PCT patent applications, with a year-on-year increase of 16.1%

In terms of countries, China is still the country with the largest number of PCT patent applications in the world in 22, with 68,72 applications, with an increase of 16.1% over the same period last year. Followed by the United States (59,23 applications, up 3% year-on-year), Japan (5,52 applications, down 4.1% year-on-year), South Korea (2,6 applications, up 5.2% year-on-year) and Germany (18,643 applications, down 3.7% year-on-year).

in addition to the top ten, other countries with strong growth include Saudi Arabia (956 applications, up 73.2% year-on-year), Malaysia (255 applications, up 26.2% year-on-year), Chile (262 applications, up 17.% year-on-year), Singapore (1,278 applications, up 14.9% year-on-year) and Brazil.

Overall, Asia accounted for 53.7% of all PCT applications, compared with 35.7% 1 years ago.

Top PCT applicants: Huawei ranks first

According to the report, in the ranking of PCT patent applications of global enterprises, in 22, Huawei in China submitted 5,464 PCT patent applications, ranking first for the fourth consecutive year. Followed by samsung galaxy (3,93 pieces), Japanese mitsubishi electric (2,81 pieces), South Korean LG Electronics (2,759 pieces) and American Qualcomm (2,173 pieces). In addition, among the top ten manufacturers, China's JD.COM and OPPO ranked seventh and eighth with 1,892 and 1,81 PCT patent applications respectively. In addition, ZTE and Ping An Technology in China are among the top 2 manufacturers, with patent applications of 1,316 and 1,34 respectively.

among the top 1 PCT patent applicants, the number of PCT patent applications filed by LG Electronics increased the fastest, with a year-on-year increase of 67.6%. Therefore, it rose from the 1th place in 219 to the 4th place in 22.

judging from the number of PCT patent applications filed by global educational institutions in 22, the number of applications filed by the University of California is 559, ranking first. Followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (269), Shenzhen University in China (252), Tsinghua University in China (231) and Zhejiang University (29).

In addition, the list of the top ten universities includes five universities in China, four universities in the United States and one university in Japan.

technical fields with a relatively large number of patent applications

In terms of technical fields with a relatively high number of PCT patent applications, computer technology accounts for the largest proportion of published PCT applications, accounting for 9.2% of the total. Followed by digital communication (8.3%), medical technology (6.6%), motor (6.6%) and measurement (4.8%).

in p>22, six of the top 1 technologies achieved double-digit growth, among which audio-visual technology had the highest growth rate, reaching 29.5% (8.7% last year), followed by digital communication (15.8%), computer technology (13.2%), measurement (1.9%) and semiconductor (1.1%).

In addition, according to the ranking of PCT patent applications in related technical fields in 22, China ranked first in the field of digital communication, second in the field of computer technology and third in the field of audition technology in 22. The United States ranks first in the field of computer technology, Japan ranks first in the field of motor/electrical appliances/energy technology, South Korea ranks first in the field of digital communication technology, and Germany ranks first in the field of transportation technology.