IFI Claims Patent Services has recently released a report on U.S patents granted in 2018. According to the report, BOE’s global ranking rose to No.17, and it was granted a total of 1,634 U.S. patents, up 16% year on year, making it the fastest-growing company among the Top 20 recipients.

Innovation is the only way for an enterprise to survive and succeed. Since its inception, BOE has always showed respect for technology and committed itself to innovation. It has remained the largest company in the global industry by patent applications for many years in a row. In 2018, BOE held over 70,000 valid patents, and filed 9,585 new patent applications, including more than 90% of invention patent applications and more than 38% of patent applications filed overseas, covering the United States, Europe, Japan, South Korea and other countries and regions. BOE is not only one of the two mainland Chinese enterprises inon IFI Claims Patent Services’ Top 50 list, but also has been ranked among the world’s Top 10 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for many years in a row.

Li Xinguo, Vice President of BOE and Head of the Center for Technology and Intellectual Property Management, said, “In 2018, Chinese companies set a record in the number of received U.S. patents. It is the embodiment of the remarkable improvement of our innovation and competitiveness in the global high-tech field. BOE has never ceased to innovate. Our patents have extended from LCD display, OLED display and sensing to AI, big data and other fields. We are becoming an influential global enterprise driven by innovation.”

BOE ranked as No.17 U.S. patent recipient in 2018