Huawei Ranks No. 5 in U.S. Patents in Sign of Chinese Growth
- IBM retained No. 1 position in getting U.S. patents last year
- Huawei networking equipment is shut out of U.S. market
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Huawei Technologies Co. is continuing to move up the list of companies getting the most U.S. patents, according to a new study of patenting activity that shows Chinese firms are increasingly responsible for a greater share of the world’s innovation.
Huawei received 2,770 U.S. patents last year, putting it at No. 5 behind perennial top patent-getter International Business Machines Corp. according to the study by Fairview Research’s IFI Claims Patent Services.