Vimicro Corporation has a total of 2094 patents globally, out of which 1468 has been granted. Of these 2094 patents, more than 67% patents are active. China is where Vimicro Corporation has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by USA and Taiwan and it also seems reasonable as the biggest market for Vimicro Corporation is China. Parallelly, China seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Vimicro Corporation.
Vimicro Corporation was founded in 1999 by Zhonghan Deng and is doing business in fabless chip specializing in research and development and production and marketing of multimedia processors for personal computers and mobile phones. As of April 2022, Vimicro Corporation has a market cap of $413.51 million.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Vimicro Corporation which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Vimicro Corporation’s patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Vimicro Corporation’s patent portfolio.
How many patents does Vimicro have?
Vimicro has a total of 2094 patents globally. These patents belong to 2015 unique patent families. Out of 2094 patents, 687 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Vimicro 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 | Vimicro Applications Filed | Vimicro Patents Granted |
2021 | 1 | 13 |
2020 | 5 | 28 |
2019 | 21 | 21 |
2018 | 10 | 3 |
2017 | 17 | 12 |
2016 | 34 | 45 |
2015 | 38 | 84 |
2014 | 27 | 79 |
2013 | 17 | 123 |
2012 | 4 | 95 |
2011 | 27 | 145 |
How many Vimicro patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
How Many Patents did Vimicro File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Vimicro Filed Patents
Country | Patents |
China | 1994 |
United States Of America | 62 |
Taiwan | 10 |
Japan | 4 |
Korea (South) | 4 |
India | 1 |
Singapore | 1 |
Canada | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Vimicro Patents Located?
10 Best Vimicro Patents
US20070165879A1 is the most popular patent in the Vimicro portfolio. It has received 73 citations so far from companies like Audience, Qualcomm and Knowles Electronics. The patent’s geographical coverage is in major countries like United States and Canada.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Vimicro:
Publication Number | Citation Count |
US20070165879A1 | 73 |
CN101511010A | 49 |
CN101441813A | 49 |
CN101127871A | 49 |
CN1873820A | 49 |
US7328848B2 | 48 |
CN101436252A | 47 |
CN101000596A | 47 |
CN101640057A | 46 |
CN101765025A | 45 |
What Percentage of Vimicro US Patent Applications were Granted?
Vimicro (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 25 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 21 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 84.0%.
Below are the key stats of Vimicro patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Vimicro?
Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
Logicpatents Llc | 14 | 92.86% |
Duane Morris Llp | 4 | 50.00% |
Flener Ip | 2 | 50.00% |
Ladas & Parry Llp | 2 | 100.00% |
Angela N Nwaneri | 1 | 100.00% |
Lockheed Martin Energy Research | 1 | 100.00% |
Sino Us Ip | 1 | 100.00% |
Vimicro won the first prize of National Science and Technology Advancement Award in 2004. Vimicro research and development and production and marketing of multimedia is one of a kind.
“Vimicro is committed to bring AI techniques into every camera and make the smart cameras anywhere.”
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What are Vimicro‘s key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Vimicro Patents?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Vimicro in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Vimicro thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Vimicro Research Focus Changed Over the Years?
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