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ZTE bags second rank in patent applications

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NEW DELHI, INDIA: ZTE Corporation, a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced it made a milestone leap from 23rd place in 2009 to rank second in 2011 in terms of international patent applications, according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

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This follows a significant jump in China’s number of international patent applications as well, with the country now the world’s fourth largest in terms of applications, said a press release.

As of December 31, 2010, ZTE held a total of 1863 international patent applications as registered with WIPO. 

According to official online data from WIPO, ZTE’s number of PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) applications and ranking has leapfrogged for five years in a row.

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Since 2006 when ZTE’s PCT ranking entered the top 100 of the world for the first time, its annual ranking has jumped from 52nd in 2007, 38th in 2008, 23rd in 2009 to second place in 2010, the release added.

Xie Daxiong, ZTE EVP in charge of IPR strategy, said, “The number of PCT patent applications is an authoritative measure of a company’s international innovation ability.  ZTE hopes to continuously enhance its own IPR strength, to eventually excel in both technology and market by investing in R&D and independent innovation on an ongoing basis.” 

Currently ZTE has filed a total of over 33 thousand international patent applications, and has become one of the main patent holders in the global communications industry. Over 90 per cent of its patents are invention patents, including numerous basic patents covering international technical standards for communications as well as core patents covering the key technologies of the communications industry, the release further added.

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