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Huawei registered highest number of patents in the world in 2022
Last year, China racked up continues since 2021 to the US, Japan, Korea, Germany, and other known hometowns of popular technologies. In the year 2022, ranked at its peak when filed 70,015 PCT applications. Which depicts the modern growth of 0.6% from the previous year.
Whereas the other countries Japan followed with 50,345 applications (+0.1%). The Republic of Korea and Germany rounded out the top five, with 22,012 applications and 17,530 applications respectively, both experiencing growth of 6.2% and 1.5% respectively (Annex 1 PDF, Annex 1).
In addition to the Republic of Korea (+6.2%), several countries within the top 20, such as India (+25.4%), and France (+5.9%), saw healthy growth in PCT filings. The number of filings of PCT applications in Asia has been growing faster than in the rest of the world, increasing its overall share from 54.2% in 2021 to 54.7% in 2022.
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies remained by far the top filer with 7,689 published PCT applications in 2022. Samsung Electronics of the Republic of Korea came in second (4,387 applications), followed by Qualcomm of the US (3,855), Mitsubishi Electric of Japan (2,320), and Ericsson of Sweden (2,158) ) (Annex 2 PDF, Annex 2). Samsung Electronics had the fastest growth rate among the top 10 applicants with an increase of 44.3%, which propelled them to the top two spots. The Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) also saw sharp growth, moving up five positions to seventh place in 2022 with a growth rate of 24.9%.
In the education sector, the University of California remained the top applicant with 552 published PCT applications in 2022. Zhejiang University came in second (309 applications) followed by Suzhou University (303), Leland Stanford Junior University (217), and the University of Texas System (187) (Annex 3 PDF, Annex 3). Suzhou University saw the sharpest increase among the top 10 educational institutions, with their number of PCT applications almost doubling from 2021.
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According to the official information, the Huawei released the delisting announcement of its Petal Mail App. The full text of the announcement is as follows: [translated]
Thank you for your continued attention and support to the Huawei Petal Mail App. In order to better adapt to the changing needs of product experience, service content and local markets, we have made strategic adjustments to the Huawei Petal Mail App.
The Petal Mail App will officially switch to the Email App on December 31, 2024, and the Petal Mail App will no longer be available for download from the App Store. The Petal Mail App you have installed can be used normally. We apologize for the inconvenience. You can continue to view, send or receive emails in the pre-installed Email App on your Huawei phone or use a computer browser to open the Petal Mail official website ( https://www.petalmail.com ), and your emails and personal data will not be lost.
Huawei released the Mate 70 series of mobile phones, with a starting price of 5,499 yuan. At present, the prices of spare parts for the new Mate 70 series have been announced on Huawei’s official website.
Huawei Mate 70 lineup repair spare parts prices announced
Battery and motherboard
Mate 70
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2499
12GB+512GB — 2899
12GB+1TB — 3599
Mate 70 Pro
Battery — 199
12GB+256GB — 2899
12GB+512GB — 3299
12GB+1TB — 3999
Mate 70 Pro+
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 4399
16GB+1TB — 4899
Mate 70 RS
Battery — 299
16GB+512GB — 6499
16GB+1TB — 6999
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Huawei officially announced the new FreeBuds Pro 4 headphones. This is the first TWS headset equipped with HarmonyOS NEXT and will be officially launched at the Huawei Mate Brand Festival on November 26.
As can be seen from the poster, the headset adopts an in-ear design with black and gold color matching, and the overall shape is similar to the previous generation. With the support of the new system, FreeBuds Pro 4 is expected to bring more functional upgrades.
For reference, Huawei FreeBuds Pro 3 was released in September last year with an initial price of 1,499 yuan . It is equipped with the Kirin A2 chip that uses Polar code, supports Star Flash connection core technology and Bluetooth technology, and the new L2HC 3.0 protocol.