One fingerprint patent has been declared invalid! Huiding and siliwei both officially responded!

The patent dispute between huiding technology and siliwei, a subsidiary of Zhaoyi innovation, has made new progress . Following the successful application and invalidation of an off screen optical fingerprint patent of huiding technology by siliwei , A capacitive fingerprint patent of siliwei has also been successfully applied for and declared invalid by huiding Technology . This time huiding technology successfully pulled back a game .

Huiding technology responded that the under screen optical patent was declared invalid

9 month 9 Japan , Xinzhixun first reported that huiding technology patent application number is 201821077979.2 Of “ Off screen biometric devices and electronic devices ” Patents , The invalidation request filed by siliwei was approved by the State Intellectual Property Office .

Regarding this , Huiding technology responded by saying ,“ Patents involved in the article , Just one of our many patents . Under screen optical technology is a system , Including optical design 、 structure 、 Algorithm , We also have many other patents to strongly protect this original technology .”

Huiding technology emphasizes , company 2019 The R & D investment in the first half of the year was nearly 5 Billion ,2018 The proportion of annual R & D investment in revenue 20% above , Company close 6 Compound growth rate of annual R & D investment 80% above . Thanks to continuous R & D investment and the past 5-10 Annual accumulation , It provides fundamental support for the company's strong patent layout in the world .

According to the semi annual report of huiding Technology , Due to the 2019 year 6 month 30 Japan , The cumulative number of patent applications of huiding has reached 3389 Pieces of . among , Domestic patent application 1277 Pieces of , Foreign patent applications 1096 Pieces of ,PCT apply 1016 Pieces of . And in the 2019 In the first half of , Huiding's patent application has been added 590 Pieces of , Among them, domestic 284 Pieces of , Abroad 104 Pieces of .

Huiding technology revealed , So far , It has applied for international and domestic patents in the field of under screen optical fingerprint 823 term , authorized 72 term , The patent authorization area covers China, the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea . Sink top scale , This is a complete patent layout system , It does not depend on a patent or a regional patent . The global patent layout also ensures the overseas sales of customers .

Up to now , Mobile phone manufacturers of mainstream brands in the market have 64 This model adopts the off screen optical fingerprint scheme of huiding Technology , This number continues to increase . Huiding technology said , It shows that customers and the market recognize the innovative value and performance of huiding technology's off screen optical fingerprint technology .

A capacitive fingerprint patent of siliwei was declared invalid

In recent days, , According to the information disclosed on the website of the State Intellectual Property Office , Huiding technology's patent application number for siliwei is 201410353937.7 Of “ Fingerprint identification device with molded protective layer and fingerprint identification composition ” The request for invalidation of the patent was also approved by the State Intellectual Property Office .

The state intellectual property administration believes that siliwei's patent “ All invalid ” On the basis of “ Article of the Patent Law 46 Article 2 paragraph ”, That is, the relevant patents are obvious to those skilled in the field , Public literature and technical information are also recorded , Lack of necessary creativity , No significant progress .

Regarding this , Siliwei responded , The patent of siliwei, which was invalid by huiding technology this time, is about the molding packaging technology in the early capacitor field , At present, the mainstream of fingerprint market is under screen optical technology , The future development also revolves around optics 、 New technical forms such as ultrasound . obviously , Siliwei believes , This matter has little impact on siliwei .

Siliwei emphasizes , The focus of debate between huiding and siliwei is optical fingerprint .

Siliwei said ,“ Our core competitiveness is based on sound 、 light 、 Application design and implementation of electric sensing technology , Including circuit 、 System 、 Structure and Algorithm . Siliwei is committed to innovative research and development of new technologies , We are also strengthening our efforts to build our own patent firewall . For example, in the field of off screen optical fingerprint recognition , Siliwei is maturing CIS Process and CIS The technology of module design , Original CSM structure ; Siliwei is also improving the quality of off screen fingerprint imaging 、LCD Off screen recognition 、 Innovative progress has been made in technologies such as large-scale multi fingerprint recognition 、 And has applied for a number of series of patents to form an effective guarantee .”

The off screen fingerprint market exploded , The patent war will continue

With “ Full screen mobile phone ” The popularity of , It can be hidden under the screen , There is no need for front opening , Off screen fingerprint technology that is conducive to further improving the screen share , stay 2018 It has gradually become the standard configuration of high-end smart phones . And with the OLED The price of on-screen and off screen fingerprints continues to decline , Off screen fingerprints are also accelerating their penetration into the mid-range market ,2019 It has also become a year of full outbreak of off screen fingerprints .

according to IHS Markit expect ,2019 Annual off screen fingerprint shipments are expected to grow 6 times , Reach near 1.8 Billion pieces . And the forecast of Tianfeng securities is more optimistic , They predicted 2019 Annual off screen fingerprint mobile phone shipments will reach 2.8 Billion parts , The annual growth rate is as high as 900-1000%.

As the main driver of the off screen fingerprint market , Thanks to huiding's early cooperation with mobile phone manufacturers vivo In depth cooperation , Huiding also quickly established its leading position in the off screen fingerprint market . With the outbreak of the off screen fingerprint market , Huiding naturally became the biggest beneficiary .

According to huiding 2019 The annual report shows ,2019 Huiding achieved operating income in the first half of the year 28.87 One hundred million yuan , among , The revenue of fingerprint identification chip accounts for as much as 82.86%. This also means that the biggest reason for the sharp rise in huiding's performance is the growth of its off screen fingerprint business .

Besides , Huiding also revealed in its semi annual report ：“ Sales of high margin off screen fingerprint products , To the company 2019 The first half of the year brought 61.72% Higher gross profit margin , And got it. 17.82 Total gross profit of 100 million yuan , Compared with the same period last year, the gross profit increased 223.64%.” obviously , The off screen fingerprint market not only brings shipments to huiding 、 Revenue growth , At the same time, it also contributes to higher gross profit margin and profits .

therefore , For those who are still in explosive growth , And can be very valuable for the off-screen fingerprint market , Naturally, it will attract other competitors to enter the competition .

2018 year , Due to the convergence and OPPO There are short-term problems in the cooperation between , Siliwei successfully ascended , Become OPPO R17 The exclusive supplier of series of off screen optical fingerprints , Later, it also began to successfully enter other mobile phone brands . Taiwan aegis benefited from its previous cooperation with Samsung , And lower quotation , Successfully won Samsung A Orders for some models of series .

so to speak , The intervention of siliwei and aegis , It broke the situation that huiding technology originally monopolized the off screen optical fingerprint market （ Qualcomm to Samsung S10 The series provides fingerprint under ultrasonic screen ）.

therefore , To safeguard their market position and interests , Of course, according to huiding, it is also protecting itself “ Intellectual property rights are inviolable ”, Huiding technology last year 9 The month and 11 In September, several patent lawsuits were launched against siliwei . Subsequently, siliwei also fought back against huiding , Sue him for infringing his own capacitive fingerprint technology patent .

This year, 7 month , Huiding technology also sued aegis for infringing its patent number ZL201820937410.2 Utility model patent authorization , The patent is related to the technology of off screen optical fingerprint chip . Huiding technology applied to the court to order the two defendants to stop infringement immediately 、 Destroy infringing products , And ask aegis to compensate huiding technology for the corresponding losses totaling RMB 5050 Ten thousand yuan .

at present , Relevant cases have not been heard . however , Before that , As mentioned earlier , The patent number of huiding technology is 201821077979.2 Of “ Off screen biometric devices and electronic devices ” The patent of was declared invalid , This will also affect huiding technology last year 11 The trend of the case of suing siliwei for infringement in June .

meanwhile , The patent application number of siliwei is 201410353937.7 Of “ Fingerprint identification device with molded protective layer and fingerprint identification composition ” The patent was declared invalid , It will also affect the future judgment of siliwei suing huiding technology patent infringement .

by comparison , Taiwan aegis is relatively low-key , Previously, it only responded that ,“ The products of the company are independently developed , And always respecting others is just property right , There is no infringement of the rights and interests of others .

however , At present, off screen optical fingerprint has become the mainstream of smart phone market , Capacitive fingerprints can be given to the top 、 The revenue from Sili micro strip 、 The proportion of profits has been very small , therefore , The patent litigation of the three parties on the off screen optical fingerprint is the key .

Regardless of the future outcome of these patent litigation cases , Smart core thinks , The actual influence it can bring will be very limited , These are just small tricks for market competition . In the short term, the position of huiding technology as the leader in the off-screen fingerprint market is difficult to shake , But the off screen fingerprint technology is still in progress , Fingerprint under the ultrasonic screen 、LCD There are some opportunities for off screen fingerprints , The market also needs competition , In the future, the market may move from dominance to strength .

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