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http://dx.doi.org/10.6109/jkiice.2015.19.11.2507

Analysis of Huawei's PCT Patent Applications  

Kim, Marco JinHwan (Technology Management Economics and Policy Program, Seoul National University)
Han, Yoo-Jin (School of Global Service, Sookmyung Women's University)
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Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering / v.19, no.11, 2015 , pp. 2507-2517 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this research, we aim to analyze the trend of Huawei's PCT patent applications. As a result of analyzing Huawei's PCT patents by dividing temporal spans into three periods - the early 2000s, the late 2000s, and the early 2010s -, the following characteristics have been observed. First, the number of PCT patent applications has conspicuously increased from the early 2000s to the late 2000s and this trend has continued during the early 2010s. Second, in terms of a core technological field, whereas Huawei focused on the development of technologies in the 'H04L: transmission of digital information' sector during the early/late 2000s, it changed this field to the 'H04W: wireless communication networks' sector during the early 2010s. Lastly, in the case of the patent maps, it was found that while general communications technologies, as expressed with such keywords as 'user' and 'network,' were actively developed during the early/late 2000s, mobile phone-related technologies grasped this leading position, as shown with the keywords including 'user equipment,' 'base station,' and 'MME,' during the early 2010s. It was also noticeable that Huawei filed LTE-related patent applications more actively than Apple and Samsung Electronics, which implies that it will presumably pioneer the global market more aggressively than its competitors in the future.
Keywords
Huawei; PCT; technological field; patent map;
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