BOE 京东方
Founded in April 1993, BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. (BOE) is a leading IoT company providing intelligent interface products and professional services for information interaction and human health. It has formed a “1+4+N+Eco-chain” business structure with the semiconductor display business as the core and featuring the integrated development of IoT innovation, sensor and solutions, MLED and smart engineering medicine.
As of 2021, BOE had independently filed more than 70,000 patent applications to patent offices around the world. Out of the new patent applications, over 90% were patents for inventions and above 35% were filed overseas, such as the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea. According to the 2021 U.S. Patent Grant Statistics Report released by IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, BOE moved up two places to 11th in the global ranking, making it into the top 20 for the fourth consecutive year. According to the 2021 ranking of international patent applications published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), BOE ranked seventh in the world with 1,980 PCT patent applications, staying among the top 10 for six years in a row.
BOE owns a number of manufacturing sites in Beijing, Hefei, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Mianyang, Wuhan, Kunming, Suzhou, Ordos, Gu’an, etc. Its subsidiaries span 20 countries and regions, including the United States, Germany, Britain, France, Switzerland, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, India, Russia, Brazil and the United Arab Emirates. Its service network covers major regions in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and beyond.