According to data recently released by China Automotive Information Technology Co., Ltd., Chinese enterprises have made great progress and outstanding achievements in 2023 in multiple dimensions such as the number of automotive patent disclosures and industry technological innovation. Listed companies including Changan Automobile, CATL, Great Wall Motor, etc., have the highest number of patents.
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Recently, China Automotive Information Technology released the "Statistical Analysis of China's Automotive Patent Data in 2023", according to the analysis report, the number of China's automotive patent disclosures in 2023 will be 32730,000 patents, and the number of invention patents authorized increased by 14 percent year-on-year02%, for a total of 10780,000 pieces.
The analysis report points out that in 2023, China's technological innovation and patent layout in the field of new energy vehicles will be concentrated in the fields of batteries, electric drives and charging systems, and power battery-related technologies will still be the focus of enterprise innovation, accounting for nearly half. The number of patents published for fuel cells has decreased slightly compared with the previous period, and the proportion of patent disclosures for drive motor systems has increased by nearly 2 percentage points.
In 2023, the automotive industry will continue to focus on the development trend of electrification, intelligence, and networking, with intelligent networked vehicles and new energy vehicles accounting for 51 percent of the total65%；Among them, the number of patent disclosures for intelligent networked vehicles increased by 9% year-on-year35%, accounting for 2605%, surpassing new energy vehicles for the first time; The number of patent disclosures in the field of new energy vehicles increased by 176%, accounting for 2560%, maintaining a steady growth trend; Except for the fields of intelligent networked vehicles and new energy vehicles, the number of patent disclosures in traditional fields such as body and body accessories, and vehicle manufacturing all showed a negative growth trend.
In 2023, the top five companies in China are all Chinese enterprises in terms of the number of invention patents disclosed by innovation entities. Among the top 20 patents published in China's power battery system, Chinese companies occupy ninety percent of the seats.
The number of patents granted by domestic car companies, including Xiaomi Automobile, Aion, ZEEKR, Deep Blue and other enterprises, has increased significantly.
Previously, Xiaomi Auto has authorized 60 patents in the field of electric drive, and at the beginning of this year, it was authorized again for hidden door handles, doors and vehicles.
It is worth mentioning that Huawei Technologies, which is not a car manufacturer, ranked first in the ranking of invention patent disclosures by innovation subjects, with 4,233 invention disclosures for the whole year, with a year-on-year growth rate of 13569%。
Changan Automobile's invention has been published more than 3,500 times
In the 2023 ranking of China's automobile invention patent disclosure by innovation subject, Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. is referred to as Changan Automobile; **000625.SZ) ranked third as the only shortlisted vehicle company, and the company disclosed 3,569 inventions last year, a year-on-year increase of 3690%。
According to the statistics of independent vehicle groups in terms of the number of automobile patents published in China, Changan Automobile accounted for 9,322 patents, a year-on-year increase of 27The growth rate of 82% jumped to the top of the list, and the company ranked first in the number of patent disclosures in the fields of intelligent technology and intelligent cockpit technology, with 1,217 and 114 patents published respectively.
According to the data, Changan Automobile currently owns independent automobile brands such as Changan Automobile and Kaicheng Automobile, and has innovatively built three new energy brands: AVATAR, Deep Blue, and Changan Qiyuan; At the same time, the company manufactures and sells joint venture brand models through its joint ventures, Changan Ford and Changan Mazda.
According to the data disclosed in Changan Automobile's 2023 semi-annual report, as of the end of the first half of 2023, the company has a total of 9,869 domestic and foreign patents, including 2,658 invention patents.
In the field of intelligence, Changan Automobile has built the core capability of "core device graph core cloud network sky", and the main function of the SDA-S platform 100 has been developed; In the field of new energy, the trial production of semi-solid-state batteries was completed and equipped with a prototype vehicle, the second-generation hydrogen fuel engine of Changan Automobile was successfully ignited, and the Force Superset Electric Drive won the second "World's Top Ten Electric Drive" award.
According to Changan Automobile, the company's vehicle sales in 2023 will be 255310,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 882%。Among them, the overseas sales of independent brands were 23640,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 3923%；The sales volume of self-owned brand new energy vehicles was 47400,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 7477%。
CATL's invention disclosures increased significantly year-on-year
In the 2023 ranking of China's automotive invention patent disclosures by innovation subjects, CATL New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. *** abbreviation: CATL; **300750.SZ) ranked fourth, with 2,780 invention disclosures for the year, a year-on-year growth rate of 95703%, the highest growth rate in the list.
In addition, CATL also ranked first in China's 2023 new energy vehicle patent disclosure by innovation entity, with 2,769 patent disclosures, a year-on-year increase of 13172%；At the same time, it ranked first in the number of patents disclosed in China's power battery system in 2023 according to the statistics of innovative subjects, with 2,609 patents published.
CATL is mainly engaged in the research, production and sales of power batteries, energy storage batteries and battery utilization products. In the field of power batteries, data shows that CATL ranked first in the world in power battery usage for 6 consecutive years from 2017 to 2022, and from January to May 2023, the company's global market share of power battery usage was 363%, an increase of 1 from the same period last year7 percentage points, ranking first in the world; In the field of energy storage, the company has ranked first in the world in terms of energy storage battery shipments for two consecutive years. From January to June 2023, the company's energy storage cell output ranked first in the world.
According to CATL, as of the end of the first half of 2023, the company has 6,821 domestic patents and 1,415 overseas patents, and a total of 13,803 domestic and overseas patents are being applied.
A number of domestic companies are among the top 10 on the list
Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. *** abbreviation: Great Wall Motor; **601633.SH) ranked 8th in the ranking of China's automotive invention patent disclosures by innovation entities in 2023, with 1,879 invention disclosures for the year, a year-on-year increase of 2679%。At the same time, the company ranked second in the number of automotive patents granted in China in 2023 (including inventions, utility models and designs) by innovative entities, with 2,328 patents authorized for the year, a year-on-year increase of 1049%。
Great Wall Motor is currently one of the largest manufacturers of SUV models and pickup trucks in China, with brands such as Haval, WEY, Ora, Tank, and Great Wall Pickup.
In 2023, the company has successively launched forward-looking technologies such as the new intelligent four-wheel drive electric hybrid technology Hi4, the off-road super hybrid architecture Hi4-T, and the coffee OS 2 intelligent next-generation cockpit system.
In 2023, the company's vehicle sales volume will be 123070,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 1529%。Among them, the cumulative overseas sales are 31600,000 units, with a cumulative sales of 26 new energy vehicles200,000 units.
In the 2023 ranking list of China's automobile invention patent disclosure volume by innovation subject, domestic enterprises such as China FAW Co., Ltd. *** hereinafter referred to as China FAW), Tencent, and Vivo Mobile Communications *** hereinafter referred to as Vivo Communications) are all in the top 10. Among them, China FAW disclosed 3,920 inventions last year, a year-on-year increase of 2350%；The number of Tencent inventions published was 2,561, a year-on-year increase of 37780%；The number of invention disclosures of Vivo Communication was 1,624, a year-on-year increase of 30702%。