China’s proportion of semiconductor patent applications increased to 71.7%

According to foreign media reports on December 28, the proportion of semiconductor patents applied for by China has increased sharply from 14% in 2003 to 71.7% in 2022. This is a direct result of competition with the United States.

The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry analyzed semiconductor patents filed by the world's five largest intellectual property offices (IP5) including South Korea, the United States, China, Japan, and the European Union and found that the proportion of semiconductor patents filed by China has increased sharply from 14% in 2003 to 2022. 71.7% of the year.

As competition in semiconductors becomes more intense, the concentration of core technologies in the United States and China has become increasingly apparent.

According to the report, judging from the number of patent applications, China’s “rise of semiconductor technology” has been confirmed.

According to analysis, in the past 10 years, China has obtained technology patents in the fields of semiconductor small components, old general-purpose semiconductors, and cutting-edge semiconductors. From 2018 to 2022, China ranked first in the number of semiconductor patent applications (135,428) in IP5, far exceeding the second-ranked United States (87,573).