By Li Panpan

(JW Insights) Jun 27 -- China’s Huawei ranks second globally in patent numbers with 20,316 patents in the past two years, while OPPO, VIVO, ZTE, and Xiaomi are in the top 10, said the top 100 global wireless communication network technology patent list released recently by the Chinese website of IPRdaily.

The list counts the patents for wireless communication network inventions that were applied and published worldwide from June 1, 2021, to May 31, 2023.

Qualcomm and Ericsson ranked first and third with 26,944 and 11,500 invention patents, respectively. Samsung, LG, and Nokia are also in the top ten.

Chinese firms Lenovo, China Telecom, China Unicom, Tsinghua Unigroup, Honor, ASUS, China Electronics Technology Group, TCL, Inspur Technology, Hisense, Gree, Realtek Semiconductor, and Hytera are among the top 100 list.