| Company name | Grants (patents only) | Year-on-year active grants growth percentage | Pending applications (patents only) | Percentage of overall applications to grants | Grants (patents only) – 2020 | Pending applications (patents only) – 2020 | Percentage of applications published in 2020 | Industry | Country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huawei | 40,310 | 35.7% | 17,738 | 44% | 6,776 | 7,162 | 40.4% | Telecoms | China |
| State Grid Corporation | 34,758 | -8.5% | 40,015 | 115.1% | 4,928 | 11,137 | 27.8% | Electrical | China |
| China Petrochemical Corporation | 34,518 | -20% | 15,831 | 45.9% | 3,471 | 6,814 | 43% | Chemicals | China |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 27,795 | 22.6% | 19,337 | 69.6% | 4,626 | 7,818 | 40.4% | Research | China |
| Samsung Electronics | 21,297 | -6.9% | 19,143 | 89.9% | 2,631 | 6,418 | 33.5% | Electronics | South Korea |
| ZTE | 20,207 | -20.2% | 14,989 | 74.2% | 2,206 | 2,172 | 14.5% | Telecoms | China |
| LG Corp | 17,965 | -1.3% | 8,412 | 46.8% | 2,205 | 3,433 | 40.8% | Electronics | South Korea |
| Tsinghua University | 16,964 | 51.4% | 8,869 | 52.3% | 3,341 | 3,910 | 44.1% | Research | China |
| Zhejiang University | 15,850 | 55.3% | 9,250 | 58.4% | 3,824 | 3,896 | 42.1% | Research | China |
| Sony Corporation | 15,380 | -22.2% | 6,298 | 40.9% | 1,368 | 1,732 | 27.5% | Electronics | Japan |
| Panasonic | 15,217 | 2.3% | 5,225 | 34.3% | 846 | 1,660 | 31.8% | Electronics | Japan |
| BOE Technology | 13,836 | 12.9% | 12,750 | 92.2% | 2,887 | 4,001 | 31.4% | Electronics | China |
| Hon Hai Precision Industry | 12,557 | 8.1% | 7,250 | 57.7% | 1,197 | 2,076 | 28.6% | Electronics | Taiwan |
| TCL Technology | 12,354 | 12.9% | 11,874 | 96.1% | 3,147 | 5,091 | 42.9% | Electronics | China |
| Tencent | 12,130 | 21.9% | 16,247 | 133.9% | 3,182 | 7,293 | 44.9% | Software/internet services | China |
| Toyota Motor | 11,587 | -13.7% | 6,378 | 55% | 1,153 | 2,557 | 40.1% | Automotive | Japan |
| Canon | 11,161 | -9.3% | 3,649 | 32.7% | 945 | 1,252 | 34.3% | Electronics | Japan |
| Harbin Institute of Technology | 10,966 | 14.1% | 6,917 | 63.1% | 1,781 | 2,660 | 38.5% | Research | China |
| BBK Electronics | 10,878 | 35.3% | 13,139 | 120.8% | 3,593 | 4,989 | 38% | Electronics | China |
| Qualcomm | 10,756 | -25.4% | 5,302 | 49.3% | 1,203 | 1,786 | 33.7% | Semiconductors | United States |
| Hitachi | 10,741 | -0.4% | 3,872 | 36% | 1,114 | 1,576 | 40.7% | Electronics | Japan |
| Robert Bosch | 10,713 | -7.8% | 7,655 | 71.5% | 1,212 | 2,463 | 32.2% | Automotive | European Union |
| Midea | 10,597 | -1.9% | 14,803 | 139.7% | 2,227 | 3,802 | 25.7% | Electrical | China |
| Legend Holdings | 10,578 | -33.7% | 5,101 | 48.2% | 1,258 | 1,357 | 26.6% | Financial | China |
| Gree Electric Appliances | 10,113 | 47.9% | 20,822 | 205.9% | 2,746 | 8,224 | 39.5% | Electrical | China |
| Southeast University | 9,834 | 1.5% | 1,803 | 18.3% | 1,938 | 702 | 38.9% | Research | China |
| Koninklijke Philips | 9,620 | -24.8% | 3,255 | 33.8% | 699 | 921 | 28.3% | Medical devices/pharma | European Union |
| South China University of Technology | 9,287 | 27.2% | 9,865 | 106.2% | 1,887 | 2,897 | 29.4% | Research | China |
| Siemens | 9,007 | -19.3% | 4,186 | 46.5% | 847 | 1,387 | 33.1% | Conglomerate | European Union |
| Toshiba | 8,714 | 108.4% | 2,839 | 32.6% | 1,342 | 1,051 | 37% | Electronics | Japan |
| Mitsubishi Corporation | 8,618 | -64.6% | 964 | 11.2% | 227 | 642 | 66.6% | Electrical | Japan |
| Seiko | 8,385 | -4.4% | 2,825 | 33.7% | 736 | 953 | 33.7% | Electronics | Japan |
| General Motors | 8,197 | -25.9% | 3,389 | 41.3% | 585 | 1,002 | 29.6% | Automotive | United States |
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