News China filed 25% more patents than the U.S. in 2023 — heavily sanctioned Huawei led all companies worldwide despite bans

[Admin]

Huawei and China led WIPO's patent filers list in 2023 as they accelerated technology development.

China filed 25% more patents than the U.S. in 2023 — heavily sanctioned Huawei led all companies worldwide despite bans : Read more

 

[MacZ24]

The chinese patents will be revoked as needed, as it is well known that all China can do is copy the technology of superior nations.

/s and /racist, of course

 

[vertuallinsanity]

Patents filed does not typically equal viable products or systems produced. It's a "fluff" figure.

 

[punkncat]

Considering China's well known reputation for copy cat products and selective patent enforcement it is without a doubt in my mind that much of them are probably not valid in the first place. This has been a long running issue where they just pick and choose what works best for them regardless of others' rights.

 

[USAFRet]

Before this goes any farther afield...no more political or racist comments.

 

[mitch074]

Patents filed does not typically equal viable products or systems produced. It's a "fluff" figure.

Why are the US filing so many, then ?

 

[_Shatta_AD_]

Every time a post is made concerning China and their tech endeavors regardless of the neutrality, someone always got some negative, disparaging comments to make. Instead of fostering a friendly constructive discussion, they throw accusations, false claims, non-fact based opinionated statements or otherwise acts like they have all the insider information others don't. It's exactly this kind of people that stops the world on its track to technological progress. If people can work together, learn to cooperate and pool resources. We would have alien level technology by now and civilization would be entirely different.

 

[anonymousdude]

Why are the US filing so many, then ?

Missing the point aren't we? Everyone files patents for the same reasons. Number of patents filed is meaningless without more context. In theory 50,000 entities could try to patent the same thing and guess what you would have 50,000 patent filings. Then at best you have 1 patent granted.

 

[Geef]

they throw accusations, false claims, non-fact based opinionated statements

I hope this post isn't seen as political. These are links showing many cases of IP theft by China.

Egregious Cases of Chinese Theft - US government site.

How China’s Political System Discourages Innovation and Encourages IP Theft - The SAIS Review of International Affairs.

Allegations of intellectual property theft by China. - A wikipedia article showing several specific cases of Chinese IP theft.

 

[Johnpombrio]

"Why China has so many patents?
Instead of being innovation-driven, most of China's patent applications are driven by other motives, such as seeking government subsidy or job promotion, reputation building for individuals or universities and institutions, or acquiring certification as national high-tech enterprises."

 

[Trake_17]

I wonder if any of these comments are real people, and if so, of any of them are their actual opinions. Legit, no one on on the Internet is credible anymore, and soon, very little of anything on the internet will be.

 

[OriginFree]

Biden should declare: The US owns the world; any country that wants to learn math and science will need licenses from the US government.

/sarcasm

Which is funny since the average American knows virtually no science and has to take off their shoes to count past 10.

 

[PEnns]

Patents filed does not typically equal viable products or systems produced. It's a "fluff" figure.

For the longest time IBM filed the most patents in the US.

Does your statement apply to IBM as well or exclusively to the Chinese?

 

[gggplaya]

The chinese patents will be revoked as needed, as it is well known that all China can do is copy the technology of superior nations.

/s and /racist, of course

Actually I'm an Engineer in the U.S. and the latest generation of graduates we've gotten the last few years has me worried for our country. They aren't like when I graduated. They constantly complain that "no one showed us how to do it" and you have to hold their hand through everything. If there isn't a youtube video to show them how to do something, they struggle to figure it out on their own. With easy access to google and how-to videos, this generation hasn't had to work as hard to figure things out on their own like my generation. It's a struggle to train them and the outlook does not look good for the generation they'll have to train. Most of the things they want me to teach them, no one taught me. I figured it out for myself.

In China, their schooling is insane. They practically study all day and night, they burn out their children with schooling. Getting into university in China is very cutthroat. In the U.S. if you don't get into your dream university, don't worry just apply somewhere else, you'll eventually get in somewhere. So the graduates China's pumping out are top notch now. Moving forward I see China overtaking us in Engineering. Yes they do steal IP, it's a well known practice that has all of our IT teams scrambling with lockdowns on our pc's, literally because of China. But in the future, they won't need to, their engineering will be pretty good. They just have to figure out how to improve their industrial culture that tends to cheapen out on materials and cut corners.

So that said, it doesn't surprise me that they're putting out this many patents. Legit or not, they'll overtake us at some point with all legit patents if they continue to have a cutthroat schooling society.

 

[techslug]

the coping here is insane. Do people posting here actually believe what they are typing or they can't accept the fact that China will innovate much much faster than the USA going forward? Is this some kind of delusional fantasy that's prevalent throughout the West full of daily propaganda about its superiority?

China was the biggest and most innovative economy on Earth for thousands of years long before the last few hundreds of years of Western dominance. China is simply returning to its former roots.

China graduates 5x of STEM engineers each year vs. the USA. China also has much more intense education system vs. the USA. It is not a shocker that China is putting out much much more patents. Many patents in the USA were filed by Chinese engineers.

People in the USA really need to face the reality. It is time to learn to coexist with China vs. creating daily propaganda to demonize the country and the Chinese people daily.

Better yet, how about just take a trip to China yourself. It is open and accessible. 70% of Americans don't even own a passport. When you see China for yourself, maybe you will accept the reality that USA is falling behind in just about everything. If you got no money or passport, just go on Youtube and look for any of those thousands of China vlog videos to see what China is really like vs. the crap you see on USA media daily.