5G and 6G have been the focus of competition in the field of intellectual property rights in the past two years, and the ownership of standard essential patents under the current 5G standard framework has been basically determined. Chinese communication equipment manufacturers have become the main participants and formulators of global 5G standards, leading the world in 5G technology, patents, standards, industries, terminals and other aspects. At the same time, the curtain has been opened on 6G research and development in China and even the world, and they are competing to seize the strategic 6G technology highlands.
"China is the main source of patent applications for 6G communication technology and contributes the most to global patent applications. This is a positive signal, reflecting China's active innovation in the field of 6G communication technology, has formed a considerable amount of intellectual property accumulation, to a certain extent reflects China's initial advantages in the field of 6G communication technology. Zhao Zhe, director of the Research Division II of the Intellectual Property Development Research Center of the State Intellectual Property Office, said.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > China's 6G patents rank first in the world</h1>
Recently, the "6G communication technology patent development status report" released, data show that the current total number of global patent applications in the field of 6G communication technology reached more than 38,000, the overall number of global patent applications in the past two decades showed an upward trend, especially after 2011, 6G communication technology related patent applications increased significantly, the growth rate increased significantly, the world's major economies have begun 6G communication technology innovation and industrial development competition.
Among them, China is the main source of patent applications for 6G communication technology, accounting for 35% of the total number of patent applications in the world, about 13,000, ranking first in the world, and the number of patent applications is obviously advantageous. Judging from the trend of patent applications in major economies around the world, patent applications in the United States, Europe and Japan remain stable, and the trend is relatively flat, while China's application volume has increased rapidly since 2009, significantly exceeding other countries and regions, and contributing the most to global patent applications.
Of course, China is not absolutely ahead of other countries and regions. Careful observation can be found that among the top ten applicants in the world in terms of application volume, there is no Huawei and ZTE that domestic users are most familiar with. Zhao Zhe pointed out that the vast majority of China's 6G patent applications that have accounted for a large number of advantages actually come from universities and scientific research institutes, which belong to the source of basic scientific research and innovation, and there is still a lot of room for the transfer and transformation of scientific and technological achievements and intellectual property rights.
Zhao Zhe believes that for the 6G communication industry, from the source innovation of universities and scientific research institutes to each link of industrialization, it is also necessary to give full play to the guiding role of intellectual property rights, strive to realize the patenting and industrialization of scientific and technological innovation achievements, and effectively support the safe development of the future 6G communication industry by cultivating more high-quality patent portfolios.
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At present, the research of 6G communication technology is still in the stage of vision architecture, but according to the development law of mobile communications, a generation of mobile communication systems will be updated about every decade or so, and adhering to the development principle of "commercial generation, planning generation", the current curtain of 6G communication technology research and development in China and even the world has been opened.
"China has made great progress in the field of 5G communications, but there are still problems in which core technologies are "stuck neck" and a large number of patent charges are encountered. Zhao Zhe said that after preliminary analysis, 6G communication related patent applications are mainly generated after 2011, after more than ten years of development to the current stage, China's mobile communication patents have a considerable degree of accumulation, which makes China's communications industry seize the 6G highland has a certain basis.
For the development of 6G, Zhao Zhe gave the following four suggestions.
First, all kinds of innovative entities in the domestic communications industry should continue to track and pay attention to the international first-mover advantage of technology, make full use of the intellectual property systems and policies of various countries while stepping up technological research and development, strengthen the layout of key core technology innovation and high-value patent cultivation, and do a good job in the overall planning and strategic deployment of intellectual property protection.
Second, effectively integrate the high-quality resources of domestic industry, education and research, promote the joint research and development of common core technologies and the transformation and application of patent achievements, open up all links from source innovation to industrialization, and truly form good patents, good products and good services with good technologies.
Third, explore international cooperation with countries such as Japan and South Korea and related enterprises to reduce the dependence of European and American patented technologies and intellectual property risks.
Fourth, actively create a good ecological environment that combines patents and open source, choose different forms and contents of intellectual property protection, and promote the high-quality development of China's communications industry on the basis of building a solid intellectual property security.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > build a 6G standard essential patent in advance</h1>
The "14th Five-Year Plan" period is a period of strategic opportunity for China's high-quality development, a key stage for comprehensively implementing the new development concept, promoting high-quality development, and building a new development pattern, and we must adhere to innovation as the first driving force to lead development. General Secretary Xi Jinping has stressed many times that "the protection of intellectual property rights is the protection of innovation, and the protection of intellectual property rights is related to the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, the relationship between high-quality development, the happiness of people's lives, the overall situation of the country's opening up to the outside world, and the relationship between national security." This requires that we must promote high-quality innovation work and intellectual property protection from the perspective of national strategic heights and new development requirements.
Zhao Zhe said frankly that the Intellectual Property Development Research Center, as a research institution directly under the State Intellectual Property Office, has long been responsible for the organization and implementation of the special work of patent analysis and early warning of the State Intellectual Property Office. Carrying out intellectual property research in key areas such as 6G communications and releasing research results such as the "Report on the Development status of 6G communication technology patents" are not only practical actions to deeply implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on intellectual property work, but also specific measures to support the high-quality development of major national technology industries through patent big data analysis.
Zhao Zhe said that the release of the "6G Communication Technology Patent Development Status Report" on the one hand is to provide intellectual property services for the development of the domestic communications industry in a timely manner, and the current is the important card period for patents before the formation of the 6G standard, and it is necessary to do a good job in patent layout planning as soon as possible, build the necessary patents of the 6G standard in advance, and enhance the competitive advantage of intellectual property rights.
On the other hand, it is also hoped that the communication industry will further enhance its intellectual property capabilities, although in recent years, domestic communication enterprises have made rapid progress, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in the creation, application, management and protection of intellectual property rights, especially in the case of increasingly complex and severe international competition, it is necessary to do a solid job in intellectual property protection, so as to effectively protect the achievements of innovation and ensure the safe development of the communication industry.
