Fig. 1.
Application Trends of New Global Textile Material Technology Patents
Table 1.
Number and proportion of citations of global patents for new textile material technologies
| Citations of patents | China | USA | Japan | South Korea | Europe | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of patents | ratio | No. of patents | ratio | No. of patents | ratio | No. of patents | ratio | No. of patents | ratio | |
| 0 | 31275 | 90.91% | 5535 | 16.09% | 11943 | 34.71% | 7003 | 20.36% | 6158 | 17.90% |
| 1–5 | 3006 | 8.74% | 3655 | 31.80% | 1254 | 9.40% | 2692 | 26.18% | 643 | 9.39% |
| 6–10 | 93 | 0.27% | 934 | 8.13% | 99 | 0.74% | 403 | 3.92% | 36 | 0.53% |
| 11–50 | 28 | 0.08% | 1192 | 10.37% | 43 | 0.32% | 181 | 1.76% | 13 | 0.19% |
| 51–100 | 0 | 0.00% | 127 | 1.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% |
| >100 | 2 | 0.01% | 50 | 0.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% |
Table 2.
Patent layout matrix of new global textile material technology
| Country/Region | CN | US | JP | KR | EP | Total | Overseas proportion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN | 33177 | 670 | 293 | 107 | 158 | 34404 | 3.57% |
| US | 1409 | 6195 | 1495 | 778 | 1618 | 11495 | 46.11% |
| JP | 2410 | 2113 | 6224 | 1261 | 1331 | 13339 | 53.34% |
| KR | 408 | 593 | 408 | 8630 | 245 | 10284 | 16.08% |
| EP | 1034 | 1290 | 1175 | 768 | 2583 | 6850 | 62.29% |
Table 3.
Distribution of major patentees of new textile material technology in the world
| CN | US | JP | KR | EP | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| patentees | NO. of patents | patentees | NO. of patents | patentees | NO. of patents | patentees | NO. of patents | patentees | NO. of patents |
| Donghua University | 918 | P&G | 377 | Toray | 801 | Kolon Industries, Ltd | 521 | P&G | 191 |
| Jiangsu Hengli Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd | 405 | Toray | 214 | Kao Corporation | 480 | Toray Advanced Materials Co. | 399 | Toray | 189 |
| Wuhan Textile University | 388 | DuPont Safety & Construction | 166 | Mitsubishi Chemical | 412 | Toray | 197 | Kimberly Clark | 92 |
| Sinopec | 379 | Kimberly Clark | 139 | Kuraray | 312 | LG Chem Co. | 152 | Dow Global Technologies | 90 |
| Toray | 314 | 3M | 127 | Asahi Kasei | 300 | Kimberly Clark | 115 | 3M | 77 |
| P&G | 129 | Seiko Epson Corporation | 117 | Teijin Limited | 254 | DuPont Safety & Construction | 81 | Kuraray | 64 |
| DuPont Safety & Construction | 125 | Dow Global Technologies | 104 | P&G | 209 | Kuraray | 58 | Kolon Industries, Ltd | 62 |
| Asahi Kasei | 101 | Mitsubishi Chemical | 71 | Seiko Epson Corporation | 150 | Mitsui Chemicals | 57 | Seiko Epson Corporation | 61 |
| Kao Corporation | 97 | LG Chem Co. | 67 | Mitsui Chemicals | 144 | Dow Global Technologies | 36 | Mitsubishi Chemical | 59 |
| Kuraray | 96 | Kuraray | 65 | Dow Global Technologies | 80 | Mitsubishi Chemical | 35 | Mitsui Chemicals | 56 |
Table 4.
Distribution of major patentees of new textile material technology in the world
| Country/Region | Type of patentees | Number of patents | ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| CN | Company | 26605 | 77.32% |
| Colleges/institutes | 8405 | 24.43% | |
| Personnel | 545 | 1.58% | |
| US | Company | 10049 | 87.44% |
| Colleges/institutes | 1184 | 10.30% | |
| Personnel | 392 | 3.41% | |
| JP | Company | 12906 | 96.75% |
| Colleges/institutes | 540 | 4.05% | |
| Personnel | 190 | 1.42% | |
| KR | Company | 7903 | 76.83% |
| Colleges/institutes | 1375 | 13.37% | |
| Personnel | 1449 | 14.09% | |
| EP | Company | 6493 | 94.68% |
| Colleges/institutes | 266 | 3.88% | |
| Personnel | 165 | 2.41% |
Fig. 2.
Evolution mapping of new textile material technology in China
Fig. 3.
Evolution mapping of new textile material technology in Japan
Fig. 4.
Evolution mapping of new textile material technology in the USA
Fig. 5.
Evolution mapping of new textile material technology in South Korea
Fig. 6.
Evolution mapping of new textile material technology in Europe