February 23, 2005
Foxconn Electronics (aka Hon Hai Precision Industry) submitted 1,521 patent applications and had 1,433 patents approved in Taiwan in 2004, according to figures released by the
MOEA Intellectual Property Office at the end of January. The IPO reports that over 70% of the local enterprises that submitted patent applications in 2004 are from high-tech industries, about the same level as in 2003.
Among Taiwanese patent applicants, Foxconn led the way for both the number of patent applications and the number of patent approvals. For patent applications, the high-tech giant was followed the Industrial Technology Research Institute (with 724 applications), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (505), AU Optronics (454) and Hannspree (441).
ITRI and TSMC are reported to have received 750 and 516 patent approvals in 2004.
As for patent applications submitted by foreign enterprises in Taiwan in 2004, Philips was the leader with 874 applications. The Dutch multinational was followed by South Korea's Samsung Electronics (with 596 applications) and Matsushita Electric (544), Sony (543) and Seiko Epson (487) of Japan.
The total number of patent applications submitted in Taiwan by both local and foreign enterprises rose 9.68% on the year to 72,105 in 2004. Taiwanese enterprises submitted 43,038 applications (up 8.51% on the year), while foreign enterprises submitted 29,067 (up 11.46%).
Eight Taiwanese universities achieved rankings within the top-100 patent applicants in 2004. The "best" applications are reported to have come from National Cheng Kung University and National Chiao Tung University.
(Central News Agency, DigiTimes)
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