OPPO Ranks among Top 10 PCT Filers Worldwide for the Second Consecutive Year, According to WIPO

RIYADH –

Global smart device brand and one of the most popular smartphone brands in Saudi Arabia, OPPO celebrated the 21^st World Intellectual Property (IP) Day, summing up the latest progress it has made in respecting and protecting intellectual property across over 40 countries and regions where it operates, including the Middle East. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), OPPO sits among the top 10 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) filers in both 2019 and 2020.

As of March 31, 2021, OPPO had filed for over 61,000 patents and owns more than 26,000 granted patents globally. Among these, 54,000 are utility patents, accounting for 89% of all OPPO patent applications, which marks an extraordinary achievement for a mobile device manufacturer.

“The World IP Day serves as a good opportunity to raise people’s awareness of protecting IP assets. Since launching in Saudi Arabia in 2019 OPPO has demonstrated incredible growth to become one of the most popular smartphones in the Kingdom, and as a rapidly growing tech company, with a rich and diverse IP portfolio, OPPO is committed to investing more in technological research and development in the foreseeable future,” said Ethan Xue, President of OPPO Middle East and Africa. “On the basis of that, we will never stop bringing our best innovations to users across the Middle East and worldwide.”

OPPO reinforces its strategy of ‘Virtuous Innovation’ through continuous investment in R&D

Through a strategy of ‘virtuous innovation’ OPPO has developed industry-leading expertise in several areas, especially in 5G, flash charge, AI and image.

• As a promoter of 5G, OPPO has filed over 3,700 families of global patent applications, declared over 1,500 families of 5G standard patents to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), and submitted more than 3,000 5G standard-related proposal to the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
• Flash charge is another advantageous area for OPPO. The company has applied for over 3,000 patents worldwide, owns over 1,500 granted patents, and has licensed the flash charge technology to more than 40 companies. In 2021, OPPO launched its new project—The Flash Initiative, bringing its proprietary VOOC technology to automobiles, public space and chips inside a wide variety of technologies.
• With regards to AI, OPPO has filed over 2,450 global patent applications mainly in the field of computer vision, speech technology, and machine learning.
• Finally, a long-term expert in image, OPPO has applied for over 8,300 image patents worldwide and owns over 2,900 granted patents.
  As a tech brand, OPPO holds that intellectual property lays the ground for continuing innovations. Upholding its belief in ‘Technology for Mankind, Kindness for the World’, OPPO is set to bring innovative products and services that benefit everyone in their tech life, including Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC region, with its investment in ‘virtuous innovations’.