Accordingly to analysis by Harrity Patent Analytics, Huawei ranked 10^th for US patent grants in 2023, down 3 spots from 2022 with a 24% drop in patent grants. BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. dropped even further to 19^th down from 8^th in 2022. BOE had a 38% drop in granted US patents. Tencent was 54^th this year with an 11% drop in patent grants. Oppo was down 32%. Baidu was up only 1%. Xiaomi was down 7% and didn’t make the top 100 in 2023. Alibaba was down 49%. In contrast, US companies advanced with Qualcomm patent grants up 46%, Alphabet (Google) up 23% and Apple up 11%.

The drop in Chinese patent grants reverse the trend of growing US patent grants for Chinese companies. Huawei’s patents grants in 2022 were up 3%, BOE up 27%, Baidu up 43% and Xiaomi up 33%.

Possible reasons for the drop in grants to Chinese entities may include a poorly performing Chinese economy, the reduction and elimination of government subsidies for foreign patent grants, the impact of COVID-19 on patent application filings the past few years; and geopolitical tensions.

Top 10 Chinese Grantees of U.S. Patents in 2023

Source: https://harrityllp.com/patent300/