Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/28
By: Central News Agency
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract
chipmaker, was the No. 1 Taiwanese firm in invention patent applications in the country for the first half of this year, according to the Intellectual Property Office under the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Meanwhile, U.S-based smartphone chip designer Qualcomm Inc. took the top spot among foreign firms in invention patent applications in Taiwan, the office said.
Under Taiwan’s patent law, patents are categorized into three groups: invention patents, utility model patents and design patents, with invention patents the most important in terms of the creation of technical ideas.
Data compiled by the office showed TSMC filed 345 invention patent applications in the past six months, up 5 percent from a year earlier. [FULL STORY]