DW: China flexes its patent muscle
A Chinese company is the leader in patent applications in Europe. And for the first time, China has received more patent filings than the USA, EU, Japan and South Korea combined. What does this all mean?
China is catching up in technological innovations. The country did well in the European Patent Office's ranking on Wednesday, with Huawei filing more patents in Europe than any other company, and the country as a whole advancing to fifth place for the first time.
When it comes to total patent applications, China has been the world's number one since 2011, since most patents are filed within the country. Given the country's enormous size and population, that might not be that surprising.
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WNU Editor: When I was working in China in the 1980s I enjoyed going to their universities. They knew thir stuff (i.e. science, engineering, etc.), but their resources were limited and at that time the students were more focused on protesting against the central government that eventually led to the 1989 Tiannamien massacre. On my last trip a few years ago .... I went to one university near Quanzhou (Fujian Province) that I had visited many times in the 1980s. Words cannot describe how much the place had changed in 25 years. My prediction .... if current trends continue 25 years from now China will easily be the leading nation when it comes to discovering new technologies, developments in science, and yes .... patents .... and we will be the ones who will be stealing/copying from them.
