Recently, the State Intellectual Property Office released the results of the 21st China Patent Award. In addition to winning the gold award, Midea also won 2 silver awards and 15 patent excellence awards, a total of 18 awards, and the total number of awards won by its enterprises ranked first in the home appliance industry! M Bo just wants to say that the beauty of "Xueba" is really beautiful!
The patent award empowers the user experience
As far as M Bo knows, the "China Patent Award" is co-sponsored by the State Intellectual Property Office of China and the World Intellectual Property Organization, and represents the highest honor in the patent industry! There are more than 2,400 entries in this year's selection, which is the largest number in the past.
Patents are not only a system that promotes scientific and technological innovation and social progress, but also a tool for global commercial competition, which is of great significance for the current high-quality economic development. At the same time, the application of award-winning technology to products will also improve the user experience of tens of millions of consumers.
The patented technology of "a dual-mode start control method and system for DC inverter air-conditioning compressor", which won the gold medal this time, pioneered the dual-mode start-up control technology of the compressor, which can meet the needs of users for the use of air-conditioning products for rapid cooling and heating
R&D investment spares no effort
As China's first home appliance company with R&D investment of more than 10 billion yuan, Midea has invested nearly 40 billion yuan in scientific and technological research and development in the past five years, with an average annual compound growth rate of nearly 20%. Up to now, Midea has laid out 28 R&D bases around the world, has more than 13,000 R&D personnel, and has applied for more than 150,000 patents, and has built a "4+2" global R&D network including Foshan Global Innovation Center, Shanghai Global Innovation Park, American R&D Center, German R&D Center, Japan R&D Center, and Milan Design Center, accumulating a large number of original scientific and technological achievements and establishing Midea's global R&D scale advantage.
In addition to sparing no effort to invest in technological innovation, Midea has also invested a lot of resources in the protection of innovation achievements - In 2019, Midea launched a brand anti-counterfeiting storm action, seizing more than 30,000 counterfeit products, achieving an average cleanliness of 99.2% in the top 100 sales of e-commerce platforms; For many years, the group has invested more than 200 million yuan in intellectual property work annually, and has a professional intellectual property team of more than 100 people within the group. In recent years, the number of invention patents granted by Midea has grown steadily, and it has continuously maintained the first place in the industry.
In March 2020, Sina Finance released "Where are China's world-class technology companies? In the special list, nine of the thirteen lists of Midea in the household appliance industry ranked first in the industry, especially in the three lists of "number of patent families", "number of invention patents authorized" and "total number of patent citations" that reflect the quality of patents, Midea ranked first in the industry (click to read the original article to view the details of the list).
This award is a high affirmation of Midea's innovation ability and patent quality. We firmly believe that in the future, Midea will continue to adhere to innovation-driven development, further highlight the advantages of benchmark value in the field of science and technology, contribute to the construction of a world science and technology power, and make unremitting efforts to create a better life for users.
Reference source: Midea Group Official Account //mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8YnYBmdwrgFCfa4Qo2LEUQ