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Despite some copy-cat claims against China in recent years, new figures show it now has the highest patent applications globally. The shift from manufacturing to innovation in China has not been easy. With government support playing a critical role.

3D, as it's never been seen before. Chinese tech company, SuperD, has patented more than 400 new kinds of hardware and software. Tracking users' eye movements to produce 3D content on laptops, smartphones and tablets. Without 3D glasses.

"Most devices have a camera. By having that camera, we can track the position of your eyes, sending a signal to the IC embedded on the PC, which we have a special algorithm that re-renders the pixels on the screen itself," Michael Hsu, president of Superd Co., Ltd., said.

Today, SuperD's patents extend to multiple jurisdictions, including the United States and Japan. A reach made possible, by the Chinese government helping it file them.

"In the US, filing one patent costs 10,000 US dollars. Government support plays a really important role by filing that patent to protect ourselves - and that's really important to a small company like us," Michael Hsu, president of Superd Co., Ltd., said.

SuperD now works with film studios, including Dreamworks. Helping Hollywood distribute 3D movies on devices, after their box office release. Something 3D films often struggle with. The Chinese firm is now one of many that's not just innovating. But actually inventing new technology.

Chinese leaders want innovation to play a key part in the country's economic development in the years ahead. And already this is being seen in the number of patents China is filing. New data shows that China has seen the fastest growth of patent applications in history. And that China is now the number one patent applicant globally.

In 2013, China's State Intellectual Property Office received more patent applications from residents and non-residents. Than its counterparts in the United States and Japan.

Last year, China's invention patent applications jumped roughly 12 percent to more than 928,000.

"In 2014, the State Intellectual Property Office received 2.36 million total patent applications, filed by residents and non-residents. Of that number, 928,177 were original, invention patents," Gong Yalin with state Intellectual Property Office, P.R.C. said.

Despite the dominance of state-owned enterprises, private companies are filing a growing number of China's patents. Particularly telecoms.

"In 2014, the State Grid Cooperation of China ranked first in original patent applications. But Huawei and ZTE were the two most successful units for original patent grants in 2014," Gong said.

At this weekend workshop in Beijing, primary students are already designing and building robots.

Some students even have their own patents.

"We don't just want them to build robots, but also research their community. To make technology that can serve society. Some kids have process patents, which are faster to get than an invention patent. For example, a button that doesn't need to be touched. Some factories are already making their designs. Our youngest patent owner is 11 years old," Yan Yingying, teacher with Xicheng Science And Technology Museum, said.

With innovation beginning so early on. This generation of engineers could make China's capacity to create even greater, in the the coming decade.

 

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