ZTE ranks second position in WIPO Annual Table

ZTE Corporation has retained its top-2 ranking in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s latest annual table of patent applicants, strengthening the company’s position as one of the world’s leading technology innovators.
 
“ZTE’s growing portfolio of intellectual property assets is providing strong support to the company’s development of new technologies. PCT patents are the most valuable IP assets of a company. ZTE is committing tremendous resources to patent applications, as the company seeks to play a leading role in the global technology industry by shaping the development of essential underlying technologies,” said Guo Xiaoming, Chief Legal Officer, ZTE.
 
According to WIPO, the number of patent applications exceeded 200,000 globally for the first time in 2013. China was among the top-3 countries in patent applications.
 
ZTE has filed applications for more than 50,000 patents globally, with more than 16,000 granted. ZTE is the global leader with more than 800 essential patents on the standardization 4G LTE. ZTE will continue to strengthen its portfolio of patents to attain globally-leading positions in the core areas such as smart terminals, optical networking, cloud computing, big data and 4G LTE, and invest in next-generation technologies such as 5G. Such investments will be the key to enhance ZTE’s competitiveness and intellectual property capabilities to help the company cope with changes in the technology landscape and market environment.