Foreign automobiles have 1,271 patented technologies. The number of patent applications in China increased by 16.1% year-on-year, ranking first in the world with 68,720 applications. Followed closely by the United States, with 59,230 patent applications. Japan, South Korea and Germany rank third, fourth and fifth. The report data reflects the global innovation trend. The proportion of patent applications in Asian countries and regions increased from 35.7% to 53.7% in 10 years.

Since the launch of the Patent Cooperation Treaty on world intellectual property in 1978, the United States has consistently topped the list. In 2019, China surpassed the United States for the first time to become the world's largest source of patent applications. In addition, affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the number of international trademark applications submitted through the World Intellectual Property Organization decreased by 0.6% in 2020, reaching 63,800. This is the first decline since the global financial crisis from 2008 to 2009.

Overview of Automobile Patented Technology

According to the classification of patents in my country’s patent law, patented technologies mainly include technologies protected by invention patents and utility model patents. Design patents protect new designs rather than technologies. Therefore, strictly speaking, they should be called patented designs rather than patented technologies. However, as we usually say, the term patented technology has a broad connotation and includes invention patents, utility model patents and design patents.

It should be noted that patented technology only refers to the technology protected by the authorized patent, that is, it only refers to the technology protected by the patent claims, and it cannot be considered that all the technologies recorded in the patent specification are It is a patented technology, and it cannot be considered that the technology recorded in an unauthorized patent application is also a patented technology.

In addition, it should be noted that patented technology will become non-patented technology as the validity period of the patent expires, or expired patented technology, and can be used free of charge. However, it is important to note whether any other relevant patent rights are still valid.