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Commentary: China files the most patents but does this mean it surpasses US in knowledge production?
Channel News Asia ^ | 12 Jul 2022 | Hannah Elyse Sworn, Manoj Harjani

Posted on 07/12/2022 2:38:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway

China’s production of more intellectual property (IP) does not automatically translate into a strategic advantage in economic competition with the United States. High-quality IP is needed amid globalisation, say two researchers

Intellectual property (IP) has long been a sore point in relations between Washington and Beijing. United States officials have repeatedly targeted China for widespread counterfeiting since its economic "opening up" in the late 1970s.

But after enduring a punishing series of legal reforms to join the World Trade Organization in 2001, the Chinese government is still under fire for weak enforcement, forced technology transfers and state-sponsored IP theft.

Now China’s growing ability to produce IP indigenously is driving the evolution of US-China economic relations.

In 2021, China was the world’s top patent filer for the third year in a row. Chinese firms have filed approximately 75 per cent of global artificial intelligence patents in the past decade and 40 per cent of all 6G patents, while the United States accounts for only 35 per cent of the latter.

(Excerpt) Read more at channelnewsasia.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: business; china; patents

1 posted on 07/12/2022 2:38:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Sometimes Chinese agents forget to delete the American corporation research department name or the university defense department grant holder’s name from the patent records.

Have to refile with phony Chinese names as if they didn’t steal them.


2 posted on 07/12/2022 2:43:34 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: nickcarraway

The majority of their population is still completely illiterate.


3 posted on 07/12/2022 2:51:09 PM PDT by Track9 (You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
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To: frank ballenger

Exactly. What percentage were stolen with aid from the Clintons?


4 posted on 07/12/2022 3:58:19 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: nickcarraway

Hunter still making trips?.


5 posted on 07/12/2022 4:11:06 PM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: nickcarraway

We should be thankful to be in the US. Many years ago, when I was in grad school, we had the first batch of Chinese scientists come as postdocs in our lab at UMASS. They had been scientists before the cultural revolution. The scientists had been forced to work in menial jobs. I got to know one who actually came to the University of Minnesota (I was in an Industrial Fellowship there at the time). He barely got out of China. He had been at some of the protests at Tianamin Square and his brother, who worked at the Police Station, pulled his file and destroyed it. I invited him to work in my lab (with management approval). I was amazed at the work ethic he had. He ended up working for Proctor and Gamble. I wish all Americans cultivated that work ethic and persistence. We would be a much stronger country.


6 posted on 07/12/2022 4:45:24 PM PDT by RetiredScientist
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To: RetiredScientist

the problem many people have with chinese scientists coming to the USA now is that they are required by chinese law to be spies.


7 posted on 07/13/2022 8:36:34 AM PDT by ckilmer (qui)
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