On March 17, Guangzhou Daily Data and Digitization Research Institute (GDI think tank) released the "Guangzhou Top 50 Enterprise Innovation List (2020)", the list uses big data mining technology, and the total number of inventions in Guangzhou from 2015 to 2019 is not less than 50 enterprises. From the total number of inventions, patent grant rate, globalization, influence and growth of the five dimensions of evaluation, to better stimulate the innovation vitality of enterprises, optimize the regional industrial structure to provide scientific and professional evaluation reference.
As a leader in the liquid product packaging equipment industry, Tech-Long has obtained 659 authorized patents, 224 invention patents, and 18 software Copyrights, ranking in the top 20 of the "Guangzhou Enterprise Innovation TOP50 List (2020)". The company has a state-level enterprise technology center, national and local joint engineering research center and postdoctoral research station, and has continued to improve its innovation capability over the years, leading the industry technology development trend.
Selection description
Data source:
The list of candidates comes from the list of national, Guangdong and Guangzhou intellectual property advantage demonstration enterprises in the past five years, the list of key enterprises in intellectual property protection, and the list of high-tech enterprise association members. Patent-related data such as total invention volume, patent grant rate, globalization, influence and growth in this report are mainly derived from companies' patent data from 2015 to 2019 in Clarivate Analytics' patent database. Enterprise industry classification data comes from the official website of the enterprise, the annual report of the enterprise and the well-known domestic recruitment website.
Selection system:
In this list, GDI think tank scientifically, comprehensively and objectively evaluates the innovation ability of enterprises from five aspects, namely the total number of inventions, patent grant rate, globalization, influence and growth.
The total number of inventions in this report is based on the De Winter patent family, and each De Winter patent family is counted as one invention. In the Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI), using the "one invention, one record principle", all subsequent applications for the same invention patent are recorded as "equivalent patents" and are grouped into the same "patent family".
As one of the standards to measure the quality of innovation, the patent grant rate is the ratio of the number of inventions granted to the total number of inventions in the past five years.
Globalization The Globalization indicator indicates the extent to which a company seeks protection for its patents in all markets around the world, and is primarily measured by the number of international patents a company has. An international patent is a patent that has been successfully applied for and granted in a foreign country.
Influence The influence of a patented invention can be considered by subsequent references to the invention by other institutions in the patent application process. The impact index of this report calculates the patent citation frequency of enterprises' patents in the past five years after excluding self-citation.
This report evaluates the growth rate of each company by calculating the compound growth rate of total inventions in the past five years.
List company profile
Listed enterprises belong to the region analysis
According to the list, Huangpu District has the most companies on the list, accounting for 44 percent, followed by Tianhe District (14 percent) and Panyu District (12 percent). Huangpu District and Tianhe District have more than half of the listed enterprises.
In recent years, the level of scientific and technological innovation in Huangpu District has been greatly improved. First, the prominent status of innovation hub, with the Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, Science city, biological island major strategic platforms, to promote the construction of comprehensive national science center important bearing area, the national high-tech zone ranking jumped to the 7th, scientific and technological innovation strength ranked first in the country's economic development zone. The second is fruitful innovation achievements, won the China Patent Gold Medal, all kinds of patent awards 21, accounting for nearly half of the city. 17,600 patents were granted, up 20% year on year; The number of PCT international patent applications was 756, and the number of invention patents granted was 2803, ranking first in the country's economic development zone. [1]
The industries of the listed companies in Huangpu District are mainly scientific research and technical services (27.27%), computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing (18.18%) and software and information technology services (13.64%).
Tianhe District has deeply implemented the innovation-driven development strategy. In 2019, the total number of national high-tech enterprises reached 3,406, accounting for 28% of the city. 5 enterprises were selected as the top 100 national Internet enterprises, accounting for 63% of the city; 41 incubators and maker Spaces were added, totaling 191, accounting for 32% of the city. [2]
The industry of listed enterprises in Tianhe District is mainly software and information technology service industry (57.14%). The average total number of inventions of listed enterprises in Tianhe District reached 471, ranking 6th in the city; The average patent grant rate was 18.14%, ranking 8th; The average number of international patents reached 34, ranking third; The average citation frequency of patents of the same family was 4257 times, ranking second; The average growth rate was 37.31%, ranking first.
Industry analysis of listed enterprises
Strategic emerging industries mainly refer to industries that play a major leading role in overall economic and social development and long-term development, are knowledment-intensive, consume less material resources, have great growth potential, and have good comprehensive benefits. It includes the new generation of information technology industry, high-end equipment manufacturing industry, new materials industry, biological industry, new energy automobile industry, new energy industry, energy conservation and environmental protection industry, digital creative industry, and related services. In each of the nine major areas, specific sub-items have been identified.
A total of 43 companies on the list belong to emerging industries, covering seven industries: advanced manufacturing, next-generation information technology, biological industry, new energy industry, energy conservation and environmental protection industry, new materials industry and high-end equipment manufacturing industry. There are 19 advanced manufacturing industries, accounting for 44.19% of the emerging industries on the list; Followed by the new generation of information technology industry 10, accounting for 23.26%, the two major emerging industries accounted for more than 60% of the total.
Analysis of index system of listed enterprises
Total number of inventions
The total amount of invention is one of the most important indicators to evaluate the innovation ability of enterprises, and it is also the most intuitive reflection of the innovation strength of enterprises. According to the industry type, the high-end equipment manufacturing industry has the highest average amount of inventions, and the average amount of enterprises is 986. The new energy industry followed with an average of 976 disclosures. The advanced manufacturing industry ranked third with an average of 850 cases.
Patent grant rate
The patent grant rate is a quantitative index used to measure the success rate of patent application, which reflects the innovation quality and scientific and technological innovation ability of patented inventions in the industry. In short, the higher the patent grant rate, to a certain extent, reflects the higher the patent quality of the industry, the stronger the strength of the enterprise.
Among the enterprises on this list, the top three industries with patent authorization rate are new materials industry, new energy industry and advanced manufacturing industry, and the professional authorization rate is 38.94%, 31.25% and 27.03%, indicating that the innovation quality of enterprises in these three industries is in the forefront.
Patent globalization
The number of international patents is an important index reflecting the degree of internationalization of an enterprise's intellectual property rights, which reflects the degree of international recognition of patented inventions. The average number of international patents of the companies on this list is 46. Among them, the advanced manufacturing industry led the high-end equipment manufacturing industry (77 cases) and the new material industry (53 cases) with 126 cases.
Patent influence
The citation frequency of the same family patent refers to the number of citations of an invention patent in other enterprises, which can be used as an important indicator to reflect the influence of patents. The list shows that the average number of patents cited by the listed companies in the advanced manufacturing industry is far ahead, reaching 16,998 times. The average number of patents cited by the new generation of information technology industry is 8,637 times, ranking second. The other top five industries are high-end equipment manufacturing industry (2,176 times), new materials industry (2,085 times) and biological industry (1,633 times).
Patent growth
The growth index refers to the growth of the total amount of inventions of an enterprise, which measures the growth rate of the total amount of inventions of an enterprise in the past five years, and is used to measure the speed of industrial development and innovation vitality. From the perspective of the compound growth rate of patents in the past five years, the new generation of information technology industry, high-end equipment manufacturing industry, advanced manufacturing industry and biological industry have a positive growth trend, of which the new generation of information technology industry, high-end equipment manufacturing industry and advanced manufacturing industry have strong growth. The growth of new material industry, new energy industry and energy conservation and environmental protection industry has shown a negative growth trend in the past five years, especially the energy conservation and environmental protection industry.
Analysis of listed private enterprises
Market competition is the driving force for the production and development of private enterprises, which determines their efficiency and vitality in scientific and technological innovation activities. Private enterprises have a strong sense of market competition and technological innovation, sensitive to market changes and technological progress, simple decision-making procedures and lightweight enterprise structure, and can adjust production decisions and strengthen technological innovation according to their own access to the industry's advanced technology changes. Private enterprises are becoming an important force to promote technological innovation and transformation and upgrading in Guangzhou.
Among the 36 private enterprises on the list, 34 belong to emerging industries, with specific industry distribution: 15 advanced manufacturing industries, 8 new generation information technology industries, 4 biological industries and new materials industries, 2 high-end equipment manufacturing industries, and 1 energy conservation and environmental protection industry.
Innovation ability analysis
Data show that the 36 private enterprises on the list cover nine industries. The software and information technology services sector has the largest number of entrants, with a total of eight companies on the list. Computer, communications and other electronic equipment manufacturing ranked second, with seven companies on the list. Scientific research and technology services have five companies on the list, ranking third.
In terms of the average total number of inventions by industry, the high-end equipment manufacturing industry has the most outstanding performance, with an average total number of 1,298 inventions, followed by the new generation of information technology industry (886) and advanced manufacturing industry (789). In terms of average licensing rate, the new materials industry reached 38.94%, ahead of the advanced manufacturing industry (28.09%) and the next-generation information technology industry (20.58%). The top three industries in terms of average number of international patents were advanced manufacturing (136), high-end equipment manufacturing (115), and next-generation information technology (63). The advanced manufacturing industry had 12,852 patent citations on average, ahead of the next generation information technology industry (8,213). The new generation of information technology industry and new materials industry have similar innovation growth data, 30.28% and 30.91% respectively.
This time, Tech-Long was listed in the "Guangzhou Enterprise Innovation TOP50 List (2020)", this honor will encourage us to continue to forge ahead, play the leading role of enterprise innovation, and adhere to technological innovation, product innovation and service innovation. In the future, Tech-Long will continue to uphold the spirit of pursuing excellence and pioneering innovation, and create more value for the society.