OPPO Gets Place Among Top 5 In 2019 PCT Patent Applications
- With 1,927 applications, OPPO becomes the
top 5 PCT filer in the rankings by company applicants
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has
announced the results of the international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
System for year 2019. With 1,927 applications, OPPO, the leading global smart
device brand, becomes the top 5 PCT filer in the rankings by company
applicants.
By filing one international
patent application under the PCT, an international treaty with more than 150
contracting states, applicants can seek protection for an invention in a large
number of countries. Since the start of 2009, OPPO has been working on
expanding its patent applications globally in various areas of technologies,
having managed to move its WIPO’s
international patents’ applications ranking from
last year’s No. 17 to this year’s No.
5 after years of deep cultivation.
By March 2020, OPPO had more
than 43,000 global patent applications, with 16,000 already been authorized.
Among the total applications, about 88%, or more than 38,000, are
invention-related. OPPO has filed more than 3,000 5G patent applications, and
1,900 AI patent applications. More than 6,100 image patents have been filed
globally, among which 2,000 have been authorized. At the same time, in the area
of fast charging, OPPO has filed more than 2,700 applications globally, with
more than 1100 being authorized.
Source：International
applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 2019
Ying Feng, Senior Director
of Intellectual Property Dept., OPPO, said “The results of the 2019 PCT international
applications in which OPPO was ranked No. 5, up from last year’s No. 17, showed that the strategy of shifting our
focus of patent applications effort from China to overseas since years ago is
quite effective, Feng added, “We will
continue sticking to the strategy, accelerating our overseas patent effort,
especially in the most important countries. We have now applied for patents in
areas of 5G standard, fast charging technology, imaging, AI, IoT and other
important fields. We’ll accelerate our effort to make
breakthrough in other areas including chip-making, display technology, antenna.
OPPO has always attached
great importance on the development of patents, with continuing effort on
strengthening our investment and exploration on cutting-edge technology. In India , OPPO’s R&D Centre in Hyderabad
Additionally, Tony
Chen, Founder and CEO of OPPO, said OPPO will invest USD 7 billion in
R&D in the next three years. He also added that OPPO will aim to promote
research in areas including 5G, AI, AR and big data and strive to build OPPO
with core underlying hardware technologies and software engineering ability.
With continuous R&D efforts and broad collaboration with industry partners,
OPPO is committed to make it a reality of the latest and the most advanced
technologies for the world.
National, 10th April 2020
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