China Evergrande has a total of 322 patents globally, out of which 172 have been granted. Of these 322 patents, more than 63% patents are active. United Kingdom is where China Evergrande has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by China and USA, it has generated an annual revenue of $77.07 billion in the year 2021. Parallelly, UK seems to be the main focused R&D center.
China Evergrande was founded in the year 1996 by Xu Jiayin. The firm specialises on property development. It mostly caters to upper- and middle-class residents. China’s Evergrande Group is the country’s second-largest property developer by sales. It became the world’s most valuable real estate corporation in 2018. As of February 2022, China Evergrande has a market cap of $2.98 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of China Evergrande which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find China Evergrande’ patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over China Evergrande’ patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of China Evergrande have?
The founder, Xu Jiayin has 0 patent. The CEO, Xia Haijun has 0 patent.
How many patents does China Evergrande have?
China Evergrande has a total of 322 patents globally. These patents belong to 115 unique patent families. Out of 322 patents, 206 patents are active.
How many China Evergrande patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents

Patent Families

How Many Patents did China Evergrande File Every Year?

Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
Year of Patents Filing or Grant | China Evergrande Applications Filed | China Evergrande Patents Granted |
2011 | 36 | 7 |
2012 | 28 | 15 |
2013 | 29 | 8 |
2014 | 26 | 20 |
2015 | 22 | 19 |
2016 | 31 | 18 |
2017 | 18 | 14 |
2018 | 16 | 13 |
2019 | 17 | 15 |
2020 | 5 | 19 |
2021 | 6 | 16 |
2022 | – | – |
How Many Patents did China Evergrande File in Different Countries?

Countries in which China Evergrande Filed Patents
Country | Patents |
United Kingdom | 78 |
China | 47 |
United States Of America | 41 |
Europe | 33 |
India | 21 |
Japan | 16 |
Korea (South) | 7 |
Malaysia | 5 |
Spain | 3 |
Italy | 2 |
Poland | 2 |
Germany | 2 |
Taiwan | 1 |
Russia | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Australia | 1 |
Sweden | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of China Evergrande Patents Located?

10 Best China Evergrande Patents
US6385522B1 is the most popular patent in the China Evergrande portfolio. It has received 178 citations so far from companies like Nabco, Liontech Trains, and Industrial Technology Research Institute.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of China Evergrande:
Publication Number | Citation Count |
US6385522B1 | 28 |
US20140340013A1 | 25 |
EP2456003A1 | 21 |
US8688345B2 | 14 |
US20120186775A1 | 14 |
US6486626B1 | 13 |
GB2456349A | 13 |
US8749192B2 | 12 |
EP2495140A1 | 12 |
JP2013504293A | 10 |
Which Companies are using China Evergrande Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top citing companies in the China Evergrande patent portfolio are Protean Electric, Prime Datum Development Company and Siemens.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
Company | Number of Patents |
Protean Electric | 4 |
Prime Datum Development Company | 2 |
Siemens | 2 |
New Motech | 1 |
General Electric | 1 |
NTN Corporation | 1 |
Hecare Systems Aps | 1 |
NASA | 1 |
Hyundai Motor Company | 1 |
Nippon Seiki | 1 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on China Evergrande Patents

Top China Evergrande Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
US9525313B2 | 6 |
US8749192B2 | 5 |
US9065304B2 | 3 |
US20120186775A1 | 2 |
US9509246B2 | 2 |
US6385522B1 | 2 |
US9813007B2 | 2 |
US8664818B2 | 1 |
US9150202B2 | 1 |
US20140340013A1 | 1 |
US20150288230A1 | 1 |
US9358874B2 | 1 |
US9975431B2 | 1 |
US8688345B2 | 1 |
US20120206073A1 | 1 |
China Evergrande signed an agreement with the Chinese Academy of Sciences to invest 100 billion yuan ($16 billion) in high-tech sectors. The property developer plans to invest the amount in the next 10 years in sectors, such as life sciences, aviation, quantum science, new energy, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and modern agriculture.
The founder of Evergrande, stated that the company intends to gradually change its concentration from real estate to manufacturing electric vehicles. Evergrande Auto, which moved into electric vehicles in 2019 to benefit on a worldwide surge in the industry, is owned by the Shenzhen-based developer.
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What Technologies are Covered by China Evergrande?

The chart below distributes patents filed by China Evergrande in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where China Evergrande thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How China Evergrande search focus changed over the years?

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