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A Chinese company has topped the European Patent Office's 2017 patent-filing league table for the first time, according to results announced in Brussels. Chinese telecoms giant Huawei filed 2,398 patents, more than second and third placed Siemens and LG. In 2016, the Dutch electronics company Philips filed more patent applications than any other company, followed by Huawei and Samsung. The latest listing shows a 16.6% year-on-year growth in the number of patents filed by Chinese companies in Europe. The total number of patents filed by enterprises from all nations grew by 3.9%. Other Chinese companies that filed a large number of patent applications in 2017 included the telecoms company ZTE, e-commerce company Alibaba, mobilephone maker Xiaomi, and automotive maker BYD. |