the chinese multinational Huawei is the world leader with the most essential 5G standard patents (SEPs), for the fifth consecutive year, according to the latest report from Clarivete, a firm in IP analysis and consulting.
According to the report “Demystifying the 5G Essential Patent Landscape: Phase 3“, which comprises a systematic study on 5G patents, shows that Huawei still ranks first with 6.566 patents and with the very fast growth rate, relative to its competitors, in terms of patent cooperation agreement applications .
The investigation also showed that SEPs remain common in the telecommunications area, where no company can avoid them if it wants to make products that comply with 5G standards. The Clarivete study also indicated that African countries continue to benefit from Huawei's 5G patents, of which Angola is an example, as several operators have already started to launch 5G with equipment from the Chinese brand, in order to provide high-speed broadband. for home and office, as well as specific solutions for the mining industry, tourism and other critical areas for the continent.
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For researchers, this dominance of Huawei in 5G intellectual property is attributed to the active management of the company's intellectual property portfolio, noting that the company in 2021 held more than 110.000 active patents, in more than 45.000 patent families.
It should also be noted that Huawei is also the 2nd largest investor in R&D in the world, according to information from the EU Industrial R&D Investment Assessment Panel, for the last year, without forgetting that in the same period of time the technology company had 107.000 employees in R&D, as well as investing more than 22% of its revenues in this sector.
"We look forward to licensing our patents and technologies to share our innovations with the world.“, said Song Liuping, General Counsel of Huawei, at the Innovation and Intellectual Property Forum.
