A Chinese company has topped the European Patent Office's 2024 patent-filing league table for the first time, according to results announced in Brussels.

歐洲專利局日前在布魯塞爾宣布該局2024年專利申請數量排行榜，其榜首位置首次被中國企業占據。

Chinese telecoms giant Huawei filed 2,398 patents, more than second and third placed Siemens and LG.

中國電信巨頭華為申請了2398項專利，超出了排名第二的西門子和排名第三的LG。

In 2024, the Dutch electronics company Philips filed more patent applications than any other company, followed by Huawei and Samsung.

2024年，荷蘭電器公司飛利浦在專利申請數量上居首，緊隨其后的是華為和三星。

The latest listing shows a 16.6% year-on-year growth in the number of patents filed by Chinese companies in Europe.

最新榜單顯示，中國企業在歐洲的專利申請數量同比增長了16.6%。

The total number of patents filed by enterprises from all nations grew by 3.9%.

而全球企業的專利申請數量增長3.9%。

Other Chinese companies that filed a large number of patent applications in 2024 included the telecoms company ZTE, e-commerce company Alibaba, mobilephone maker Xiaomi, and automotive maker BYD.

其他在2024年大量申請專利的中國企業還包括電信公司中興、電商企業阿里巴巴，手機制造商小米以及汽車生產商比亞迪。