Huawei has a total of 240714 patents globally, out of which 109208 have been granted. Of these 240714 patents, more than 65% patents are active. China is where Huawei has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Hong Kong and United Kingdom, it has generated an annual revenue of $140.83 billion in the year 2020. Parallelly, China seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Huawei.
Huawei was founded in the year 1987. The Company provides networking products and telecommunication solutions. The Company researches and develops internet access, transmission networks, servers, storage, security and other networking products. Company also offers business consulting, network integration, assurance, managed, learning, global delivery and other services.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Huawei which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Huawei’s patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Huawei’s patent portfolio.
It is interesting to note that Huawei holds the maximum number of 5G patents! To read more, you can visit our article.
How many patents does the CEO of Huawei have?
The CEO, Ren Zhengfei has 1 patent.
How many patents does Huawei have?
Huawei has a total of 240714 patents globally. These patents belong to 107852 unique patent families. Out of 240714 patents, 158631 patents are active.
How many Huawei patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
Patent Families
How Many Patents did Huawei 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 | Huawei Applications Filed | Huawei Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 10838 | 4553 |
| 2012 | 14418 | 5230 |
| 2013 | 17217 | 5019 |
| 2014 | 18180 | 5284 |
| 2015 | 17378 | 5437 |
| 2016 | 18194 | 7140 |
| 2017 | 19905 | 8538 |
| 2018 | 21034 | 9686 |
| 2019 | 23649 | 12247 |
| 2020 | 16807 | 14678 |
| 2021 | 6056 | 15607 |
| 2022 | – | 136 |
How Many Patents did Huawei File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Huawei Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| China | 92641 |
| United States Of America | 32172 |
| Europe | 25524 |
| India | 7294 |
| Japan | 6431 |
| Korea (South) | 4585 |
| Brazil | 2895 |
| Viet Nam | 2631 |
| Spain | 2070 |
| Australia | 1672 |
| Russia | 1474 |
| Canada | 1337 |
| Indonesia | 920 |
| Austria | 899 |
| Germany | 815 |
| Singapore | 528 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 392 |
| Malaysia | 392 |
| Mexico | 369 |
| South Africa | 319 |
| Turkey | 284 |
| Thailand | 250 |
| Portugal | 243 |
| Poland | 207 |
| Taiwan | 158 |
| United Kingdom | 154 |
| Hungary | 101 |
| Denmark | 91 |
| Israel | 66 |
| Philippines | 49 |
| Argentina | 38 |
| Chile | 32 |
| Norway | 32 |
| France | 21 |
| New Zealand | 19 |
| Eurasia | 19 |
| Slovenia | 18 |
| Croatia | 12 |
| Peru | 10 |
| Ukraine | 9 |
| Finland | 7 |
| Belarus | 6 |
| Colombia | 5 |
| Cyprus | 5 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 |
| Italy | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 |
| Serbia | 2 |
| Africa | 2 |
| Egypt | 1 |
| Switzerland | 1 |
| San Marino | 1 |
| Romania | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 |
| Morocco | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Huawei Patents Located?
10 Best Huawei Patents
US9461340B2 is the most popular patent in the Huawei portfolio. It has received 487 citations so far from companies like Ethicon, Cilag, and Ethicon Endo-Surgery.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Huawei:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US9461340B2 | 487 |
| US20060195790A1 | 333 |
| US20060195480A1 | 293 |
| US7567188B1 | 248 |
| US20140086253A1 | 243 |
| US20090221310A1 | 239 |
| US7903553B2 | 237 |
| US8504718B2 | 232 |
| US20090307746A1 | 232 |
| US8532046B2 | 226 |
Which Companies are using Huawei 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 Huawei patent portfolio are Qualcomm, Ericsson, and Samsung.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| Qualcomm | 1659 |
| Ericsson | 1287 |
| Samsung | 1285 |
| LG | 950 |
| Cisco | 577 |
| ZTE | 541 |
| IBM | 526 |
| Intel | 513 |
| Apple | 452 |
| NEC | 388 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Huawei Patents
Top Huawei Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US7860583B2 | 47 |
| US10038581B2 | 39 |
| US8694675B2 | 33 |
| US7567188B1 | 31 |
| US9847915B2 | 30 |
| US9252930B2 | 30 |
| US7685204B2 | 30 |
| US8504718B2 | 29 |
| US10270570B2 | 29 |
| US8230069B2 | 26 |
| US10129108B2 | 25 |
| US8937950B2 | 24 |
| US7747620B2 | 24 |
| US9003071B2 | 23 |
| US9008585B2 | 23 |
What Percentage of Huawei US Patent Applications were Granted?
Huawei (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 22270 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 15397 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 79.21%.
Below are the key stats of Huawei patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Huawei?
| Law Firm | Total Application | Success Rate |
| Huawei Technologies | 6713 | 77.65% |
| Leydig Voit & Mayer | 3838 | 77.99% |
| Slater Matsil | 3052 | 81.92% |
| Fish & Richardson | 1168 | 85.77% |
| Womble Bond Dickinson | 1094 | 78.61% |
| Staas & Halsey | 1041 | 72.81% |
| Bgl Huawei | 1013 | 60.12% |
| Huawei Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton | 456 | 84.84% |
| Mbm Intellectual Property Law | 332 | 86.06% |
| Ridout & Maybee | 241 | 94.92% |
Huawei’s objective is to bring digital to every person, house, and organisation so that the world can become completely connected and intelligent. To that end, we will: promote ubiquitous connectivity and equal network access to lay the groundwork for the intelligent world; provide the ultimate computing power to deliver ubiquitous cloud and intelligence; build powerful digital platforms to help all industries and organisations become more agile, efficient, and dynamic; and redefine user experience with AI, offering consumers more personalised and intelligent experiences across all scenarios, including home, work, and play.
Theoretical discoveries and new inventions based on basic technologies will aid in the resolution of global difficulties, confirming our future vision and assumptions. As we move into this new era, Huawei will increase its investment in innovation, bringing it to the next level and ensuring that it continues to give value to the industry and society at large. We’ll keep working to create a fully connected, intelligent world that benefits more people, homes, and businesses.
Huawei has been involved in over 3,000 innovation projects throughout the world and has signed 1,000+ 5GtoB project contracts with carriers and partners across a wide range of industries. AirPON is an innovative technology that uses wireless sites and optical fibre resources to make site acquisition more easier and provide speedy home network coverage; it has been commercially deployed by more than 30 operators across the world.
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What are Huawei key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Huawei?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Huawei in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Huawei thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Huawei search focus changed over the years?
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