华为：2024年专利许可收入6.3亿美元，历史上累计支付专利许可费是累计许可收入的三倍

Core Insights - Huawei emphasizes the importance of open innovation as a driving force for social development and technological advancement, which is integral to its corporate DNA [1] - The company has committed over 20% of its annual sales revenue to research and development (R&D) for the past five years, with R&D expenditure exceeding 170 billion yuan in 2024, accounting for 20.8% of total sales revenue [1] - Huawei's cumulative R&D investment over the past decade has surpassed 1.2 trillion yuan, while its patent licensing revenue for 2024 is projected to be approximately 630 million USD [1] R&D and Innovation - Huawei's Vice President and Head of Intellectual Property, Fan Zhiyong, stated that the company is dedicated to promoting technological openness through various means, including software open-source, hardware openness, patent applications, standard contributions, and academic papers [2] - In 2024, Huawei plans to publish a record 37,000 new patents, contribute over 10,000 new technical proposals to domestic and international standard organizations, and publish more than 1,000 academic papers [2] - The OpenHarmony community has seen over 8,100 contributors submit more than 10 million lines of new open-source code, while the openEuler operating system has surpassed 10 million installations [2] Patent Licensing and Collaboration - By the end of 2024, over 2.7 billion 5G devices, more than 1.2 billion consumer electronic devices, and over 3.2 billion multimedia devices have received patent licenses from Huawei [2] - 48 Fortune Global 500 companies have directly or indirectly obtained licensing from Huawei [2] - Huawei launched the "Chasi Patent" service to provide free patent query services for global researchers, enhancing its functionality with features like semantic search and AI summaries [2] Future Outlook - Huawei aims to actively contribute to the improvement of the innovation and intellectual property environment and is willing to collaborate with industry partners to foster a supportive atmosphere for intellectual property protection [3]