Foreign media have always believed that "the United States has contained Huawei without much effort", but as everyone knows, Huawei has never stopped forging ahead, but has become more courageous in the war. On the "2022 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard" released by the European Union, Huawei ranked fourth with R&D investment of 19 billion euros and about 140 billion yuan. You know, in 2021, Huawei is still ranked 43rd, and it has improved so much in a year, even leaving the old competitor Apple behind.
01Focus on research and development, and authorize 5G patents on a large scale
In 2021, Huawei had 107,000 R&D personnel, accounting for about 54.8% of the company's total headcount, and R&D expenses amounted to 142.7 billion yuan, accounting for about 22.4% of annual revenue. In the past ten years, the cumulative investment in R&D has exceeded RMB 845 billion. As of December 31, 2021, Huawei holds more than 45,000 valid authorized patents (more than 110,000) worldwide, and more than 90% of the patents are invention patents. Huawei ranked first in 2021 at the State Intellectual Property Office of China and the European Patent Office, and fifth in 2021 at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Huawei is a global leader in 5G, and in the past five years, a large number of smartphones around the world have been granted patents for Huawei 4G and 5G. At the same time, in the automotive field, about 80,000 vehicles are currently licensed by Huawei 4G and 5G patents every year.
Previously, Huawei's patent fees were very low, and some good partners did not even charge patent fees, until Huawei mobile phones were suppressed by the United States, Huawei strengthened the management of 5G patents, on the one hand, expanded the scope of authorization, on the other hand, it also obtained certain income through patent authorization, making up for part of the lost income due to US sanctions.
Last year, Huawei signed more than 20 new or renewed license agreements, covering smartphones, smart cars, networks, IoT and other fields, including OPPO, Samsung, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Porsche, Nokia and other well-known companies at home and abroad.
According to Steven Geisler, Huawei's chief intellectual property counsel in the United States, in the past three years to 2021, Huawei's global patent licensing revenue was about US$1.2 billion (about 8.388 billion yuan), equivalent to hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue. In 2022, for the second year in a row, Huawei's patent revenue exceeded the patent fees it paid to other companies.
In recent years, Huawei has suffered a lot of blows in the international market, but its advantages in scientific and technological research and development have not been buried here. The reason why Ren Zhengfei invested heavily in research and development is because he understands that only by taking the core technology into his own hands can he have more say in the whole industry.
02Research and development of chips to solve the problem of stuck neck
After the United States revised chip rules several times, it restricted the cooperation between enterprises and China in the high-end field, and ASML no longer sold technical equipment to China. In order to solve the dilemma, Huawei announced the research and development of the whole chip industry chain technology, and established Hubble Investment to help domestic potential chip industry chain enterprises build independent production lines.
Previously, in order to bypass the United States, Huawei realized dual-core superposition technology, which achieves high-end performance through the superposition of two chips in a low-end process. Superimposing two pieces of 14nm technology together to achieve the level of 7nm chips is also a technical breakthrough achieved by bypass lithography machines.
Global semiconductor giant ASML has said that the drawings made by the lithography machine are put in front of China, and China cannot manufacture them. Because the manufacturing of the three links of chip manufacturing is a big problem, if we want to make a breakthrough in the technology in the field of chips, the use of lithography machines is inevitable, but a lithography machine, more than 100,000 parts alone, and these fine parts come from the collection of technologies from many countries around the world. The mainland's highest-end lithography machine can only reach 90nm, which is difficult to meet according to the needs of smart products. However, if you do not break through the problem of lithography machine, it means that the future chip development will always be subject to the United States.
According to a news released by the State Intellectual Property Office, Huawei has applied for a new patent that can solve the problem that the relevant light cannot be homogenized due to the formation of a fixed interference pattern, which is called "mirror, lithography device and its control method", which is very related to lithography machine technology.
This is not the first time Huawei has made breakthroughs in lithography machine related technology, as early as 2016, Huawei applied for a patent project on lithography machine, "a lithography equipment and lithography system". With Huawei's R&D strength, with a little time, I believe that Huawei will definitely achieve a breakthrough in the field of lithography machines.
03 The whole industry chain layout, more than 5G
Huawei is well aware of the importance of taking precautions, and after hitting a wall in the mobile phone field, Ren Zhengfei has begun a comprehensive industrial chain layout, successively establishing smart ports, smart transportation, smart healthcare, smart car solutions and other corps.
Today, Huawei has also reached the industry's leading level in 5G, mobile phones, smart photovoltaics, smart ports and other services. In addition, the company is expanding its new business areas such as operating systems and smart cars.
In the field of operating systems, Hongmeng and Euler have been self-developed to create a self-developed underlying architecture with millions of lines of code; In terms of smart cars, billions of dollars have been spent to deploy leading autonomous driving technology, lidar and in-vehicle smart screen products to provide intelligent car solutions for car companies.
The absolute right to speak in the 5G field is Huawei's strength, and after the development of multi-field business layout, Huawei has also recovered its corresponding revenue capacity.
Yu Chengdong once said: "Huawei will return in 2023!" "Judging from the current situation, Huawei has broken through the haze and ushered in a new development by virtue of its leading position in key technologies. Huawei's experience has proved to many developing enterprises that only by increasing investment in R&D, improving technological innovation capabilities, and enhancing core competitiveness can enterprises be invincible in the future.
01
Benefits of applying for a patent for a business
Patents are divided into three categories:
1. Appearance design. That is, the overall or partial shape, pattern or combination thereof of the product and the combination of color and shape and pattern made of a new design that is aesthetically pleasing and suitable for industrial applications;
2. Utility model. That is, a new technical solution suitable for practical use for the shape and structure of the product;
3. Invention patent. That is, a new technical solution proposed for a product, a method or its improvement.
Benefits of patenting
To a certain extent, the number of patents represents the innovative strength of enterprises, and after applying for patents and obtaining patent rights, enterprises can not only protect their invention results, but also can be used for pledge loans. To sum up, the main uses of patents are as follows:
1. Preemption of the market: patent rights are protected by law according to law, patents have the "first-to-apply principle", to seize the market, you need to apply for patents one step ahead;
2. Prevention of plagiarism: patents have the characteristics of exclusivity, regionality and timeliness, and if a company or individual achieves the purpose of profit without the permission of the patentee, it is an infringement;
3. Improve corporate image: the company's products have won the national patent right, and can straighten the waist board during publicity, which is not only the enhancement of the corporate image, but also the recognition of the company's R&D strength, which is more likely to be concerned and trusted by consumers;
4. Avoid patent litigation disputes: enterprises should improve their awareness of intellectual property protection and apply for patents in a timely manner to avoid unnecessary litigation disputes;
5. Enterprises with patents can apply to be recognized as high-tech enterprises: intellectual property rights are the necessary threshold for identifying high-tech enterprises, high-tech enterprises are not only an honor, but also can obtain a large amount of government incentive funds, and can also obtain preferential policies for income tax exemptions;
6. Enterprises can use patents to obtain government discounted interest loans: to increase the capital of intangible assets with intellectual property rights, enterprises need financing and loans, and patents with a certain value can help;
7. Products with independent intellectual property rights are easy to publicize and promote, conducive to market expansion, conducive to winning in market competition, easy to find venture capital, easy to be listed at home and abroad, and conducive to enterprise development.
02
High-tech enterprise declaration
Huawei's intelligent manufacturing, photovoltaics, chips, and other industries belong to the eight major industries (electronic information, biology and new medicine, aerospace, new materials, high-tech services, new energy and energy conservation, resources and environment, and advanced manufacturing and automation) declared by high-tech enterprises. High-tech enterprises occupy a very important strategic position in the economic development of the mainland, and have long been highly supported by the state, and high-tech enterprises can obtain enterprise income tax reductions, policy incentives ranging from 300-2 million yuan (specific incentives need to refer to local policies), and can also obtain R&D investment subsidies, government procurement bidding, listing and financing and other policy preferences, and at the same time greatly help the brand promotion of enterprises.
For patent applications, high-tech enterprise declarations and other issues, please contact your dedicated Chief Corporate Services Officer and company treasure will provide you with tailor-made solutions.
This article is transferred from the company's treasure public account to learn more about the information content of the enterprise service project, you can pay attention to the company's treasure (www.gongsibao.com).