Vivo has a total of 27151 patents globally, out of which 9296 have been granted. Of these 27151 patents, more than 84% patents are active. China is where Vivo has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by USA and Europe and it also seems reasonable as the biggest market for Vivo is China. Parallelly, China seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Vivo.
Vivo was founded in 2009 by Duan Yongping and Shen Wei. Vivo doing business as a consumer electronics company. The company offers wide range of products on mobiles, software, mobile devices and online services, etc. As of December 2021, Vivo has a market cap of $42.72 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Vivo which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Vivo patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Vivo patent portfolio.
How many patents does Vivo have?
Vivo has a total of 27151 patents globally. These patents belong to 21222 unique patent families. Out of 27151 patents, 22887 patents are active.
How many Vivo patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
Patent Families
How Many Patents did Vivo 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 | Vivo Applications Filed | Vivo Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 40 | 21 |
| 2012 | 61 | 40 |
| 2013 | 74 | 46 |
| 2014 | 107 | 48 |
| 2015 | 577 | 84 |
| 2016 | 1796 | 167 |
| 2017 | 3313 | 333 |
| 2018 | 4306 | 626 |
| 2019 | 6226 | 1840 |
| 2020 | 6264 | 2321 |
| 2021 | 3816 | 3593 |
How Many Patents did Vivo File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Vivo Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| China | 20491 |
| United States Of America | 996 |
| Europe | 834 |
| Korea (South) | 353 |
| India | 275 |
| Japan | 185 |
| Indonesia | 125 |
| Singapore | 106 |
| Malaysia | 105 |
| Viet Nam | 104 |
| Australia | 75 |
| Canada | 59 |
| Brazil | 45 |
| Germany | 42 |
| Austria | 20 |
| Finland | 20 |
| Russian Federation | 20 |
| Spain | 19 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 14 |
| United Kingdom | 12 |
| Taiwan | 7 |
| Portugal | 6 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| Denmark | 4 |
| Mexico | 4 |
| Chile | 3 |
| Hungary | 3 |
| Ukraine | 2 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Poland | 1 |
| Israel | 1 |
| Egypt | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Vivo Patents Located?
10 Best Vivo Patents
US7558594B2 is the most popular patent in the Vivo portfolio. It has received 213 citations so far from companies like Microsoft, OtterBox, LG and Apple.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Vivo:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US7558594B2 | 213 |
| US6396444B1 | 181 |
| US6731913B2 | 117 |
| US6686906B2 | 117 |
| US7072366B2 | 107 |
| US6473019B1 | 103 |
| US7515930B2 | 78 |
| WO2003081934A1 | 78 |
| US6584331B2 | 76 |
| US6614861B1 | 74 |
Which Companies are using Vivo 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 Vivo patent portfolio are Qualcomm, Ericsson and Samsung.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| Qualcomm | 47 |
| Ericsson | 44 |
| Samsung | 34 |
| LG | 25 |
| Apple | 20 |
| Intel | 15 |
| Huawei | 14 |
| At&T | 9 |
| Nec Corp | 7 |
| Salesforcecom | 6 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Vivo Patents
Top Vivo Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US8538435B2 | 24 |
| US7072366B2 | 17 |
| US8224372B2 | 13 |
| US8537876B2 | 12 |
| US6396444B1 | 11 |
| US8599827B2 | 11 |
| US8644149B2 | 11 |
| US9226130B2 | 11 |
| US8385966B2 | 9 |
| US9713189B2 | 9 |
| US9155032B2 | 8 |
| US7053771B2 | 8 |
| US8730338B2 | 7 |
| US7627704B2 | 6 |
| US6584331B2 | 6 |
What Percentage of Vivo US Patent Applications were Granted?
Vivo (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 637 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 161 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 97.58%.
Below are the key stats of Vivo patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Vivo?
| Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
| Maschoff Brennan | 231 | 100.00% |
| Von Briesen & Roper | 141 | 91.67% |
| Gearhart Law | 56 | 100.00% |
| Stephen J Weed | 43 | 94.12% |
| Ipx Pllc | 24 | 0% |
| Harness Dickey Troy | 16 | 0% |
| Harrington & Smith | 15 | 100.00% |
| Getech Law | 14 | 87.50% |
| Perman & Green | 11 | 100.00% |
| Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch | 11 | 100.00% |
The twin forces driving the mobile marketplace are digital innovation and consumer tastes. Consumers have become more demanding and are now strongly influencing design as new technology has grown in power and versatility. In the fast-moving and highly competitive smartphone marketplace, where user experience is the key to product success and sales, one feeds the other.
Smartphone manufacturers must define the future, guided by their customers. They must be able to picture and grasp what customers want – whether it’s greater camera quality, longer battery life, or tempting features like foldable screens – and they must be able to anticipate changing needs. Above all, they must develop products for the 5G future, maximising the potential of next-generation communications while adhering to the mobile-first design concept.
The Chinese firm Vivo, a global leader in mobile goods and services, understands this better than anyone. Vivo’s goal, like that of most smartphone makers, is to be a tech-lifestyle trendsetter capable of meeting the demands of increasingly sophisticated users.
Vivo is building on last year’s successes and tailoring its user-centered innovation tactics to changing customer tastes, with the goal of breaking through in four long-term strategic tracks: photography, system, design, and performance.
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What are Vivo’s key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Vivo?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Vivo in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Vivo thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Vivo search focus changed over the years?
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