According to the statistics released by the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), the top ten rankings concerning patents and patent applications among foreign enterprises are listed below.
Top 10 Foreign Enterprises Filing the Invention Patent Applications in 2014 include: Robert Bosch GmbH(1726), Qualcomm Inc.( 1665), Intel Corporation(1627), Samsung Electronics Corporation(1553), Sony Corporation(1498), Toyota Motor Corporation(1389), Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.( 1299), IBM Corporation(1260), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(1194), Canon Inc.( 1158).
Top 10 Foreign Enterprises in Terms of the Number of Invention Patents Granted in 2014 include: Panasonic Corporation(1192), Qualcomm Inc.( 1044), Toyota Motor Corporation(996), Canon Inc.( 927), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation(745), Sharp Corporation(737), Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.( 731), LG Electronics Co. Ltd.( 684), Samsung Electronics Corporation(652), General Motor Corporation(599).
