華爲位居歐洲專利申請榜榜首大綱

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.

歐洲專利局日前在布魯塞爾宣佈該局2017年專利申請數量排行榜，其榜首位置首次被中國企業佔據。

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei filed 2,398 patents, more than second and third placed Siemens and LG.

中國電信巨頭華爲申請了2398項專利，超出了排名第二的西門子和排名第三的LG。

In 2016, the Dutch electronics company Philips filed more patent applications than any other company, followed by Huawei and Samsung.

2016年，荷蘭電器公司飛利浦在專利申請數量上居首，緊隨其後的是華爲和三星。

The latest listing shows a 16.6% year-on-year growth in the number of patents filed by Chinese companies in Europe.

最新榜單顯示，中國企業在歐洲的專利申請數量同比增長了16.6%。

The totAl number of patents filed by enterprises from all nations grew by 3.9%.

而全球企業的專利申請數量增長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.

其他在2017年大量申請專利的中國企業還包括電信公司中興、電商企業阿里巴巴，手機制造商小米以及汽車生產商比亞迪。