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Number of patents of SMIC 2023, by type
In 2023, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation owned a total 13,544 patents. With over 11 thousand, invention patents accounted for the largest patent class in the enterprise. In addition to that, SMIC had over 19 thousand pending patent applications.