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Shared bicycle patent layout in the first half of this year

Release time:

2017-07-28 13:54

In the past year or so, dozens of bike-sharing companies have appeared on the market, and there are constantly new entrants, attracting billions of venture capital. In terms of the scale of shared bicycle users, the number of shared bicycle users surged to 18.864 million in 2016. It is expected that the scale of shared bicycle users in China will approach 50 million in 2017. By 2018, the number of users sharing bicycles in China may exceed 0.1 billion, and by 2019 it will grow to 0.2 billion.

Shared bicycles are produced in response to the development of mobile Internet and two-dimensional codes. They are the product of science and technology in the new era. Parking without piles and scanning codes can overcome many disadvantages of public bicycles and solve the problem of people's last kilometer of travel. So since this year, where is the technology concentration of shared bicycles? What are the core applicants? This paper will analyze the technology concentration distribution, applicant distribution and patent family size of shared bicycles.

　　

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Conclusion: The core of visible technology is systems and methods, followed by equipment and digital transmission, and for body devices, it is also an important layout point, such as bicycle shelves, fixed parking devices, car seats, locks, etc.

　　

 

It can be seen that Shanghai Quantitative Technology and Chengdu One Step Sharing Technology have applied for more patents in the field of bicycle sharing this year, with 25 and 12 patents respectively.

　　

 

It can be seen that patents are still dominated by single applications, and overseas applications have not yet been made due to the short time. With the passage of time, the overseas layout of key patents will be the core focus of bike-sharing enterprises. Patent risk has always been a big test for startups. At present, mobike is caught in a patent infringement lawsuit of "scanning code and unlocking". Yongan Bank is accused of infringing the patent of "bicycle rental operation system and its method without fixed return point. Although the problem of short-distance travel has been solved after the bicycle sharing was put on the market, the subsequent social management and legal problems are gradually emerging. Therefore, paying attention to the protection of intellectual property rights is the way for enterprises to survive for a long time.