Center for Science and Education Management and Evaluation of Wuhan University, Chen Lixin, Zhang Lin, Huang Ying
The 29th technical field is the general components of computers, mainly including clock generators, addressing devices, buses, detection devices, information interconnection and transmission devices, etc., and this field is other computer hardware except controllers, combinators, memories, and interfaces. In 2022, the European Patent Office granted a total of 1,356 patents in this field (with a growth rate of -22%), accounting for 17%, which is the 36th largest number of patents in the field.
In 2022, the United States obtained 613 patents in this field, accounting for 45% of the total number of patents granted in this field. China has made 147 patented inventions in this field, obtained 146 patents, and lost 1 patented invention. The number of patents granted in Japan and Germany is 124 and 60, respectively.
TABLE 2829-1 Number of Patented Inventions and Patent Rights in the Field of General Computer Components by Country in 2022
Note: This table is based on the statistics of the first inventor and the first right holder of the patent respectively (the data in China does not include patents in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan).
Figure 2829-1 Comparison of the number of patented inventions and patent rights in the field of general computer components by country in 2022
In 2022, the institutions that received the most European patent grants in the field of general computer components were Samsung Electronics, Intel Corporation, and Huawei Technologies Corporation.
TABLE 2829-2 Top 10 Institutions Granted Patents in the Field of General Computer Components in 2022
Note: The data in this table is counted according to the first right holder.
Figure 2829-2 Top 10 Institutions Granted Patents in the Field of General Computer Components in 2022
We would like to thank Professor Liu Zeyuan of Dalian University of Technology, Professor Liang Liming of Henan Normal University, and researcher Wuyishan of the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology Development Strategy of the Ministry of Science and Technology for their support and help in this report. At the same time, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the experts and scholars who have put forward their opinions and suggestions on this report in different forms.