Chinese companies file record number of European patent applications in 2021
STORY: Chinese companies file record number of European patent applications in 2021
DATELINE: April 7, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:46
LOCATION: Berlin
CATEGORY: ECONOMY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the European Patent Office
2. SOUNDBITE (English): AIDAN KENDRICK, EPO Chief Business Analyst
3. promo video of Huawei
STORYLINE:
The number of European patent applications from Chinese companies in 2021 hit a new record of 16,665, the Munich-based European Patent Office (EPO) said on Tuesday.
In total, EPO recorded 188,600 patent applications from all over the world last year, 4.5 percent more than in the previous year. Growing at 24 percent, Chinese companies recorded the highest rate among the 30 leading patent filing countries.
SOUNDBITE (English): AIDAN KENDRICK, EPO Chief Business Analyst
"Over the past 10 years in the European Patent Office, we've seen that the number of patent applications from Chinese companies has increased four times in 2021. In 2021, the rate of increase with some 24 percent, which represe
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