ASUS Honored as Top 100 Global Innovator

2021/02/24

TAPEI, Taiwan, February 24, 2021 — ASUS today announced that the company has been named as one of Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators™ 2021, a roll call of the world’s most-innovative companies.

Facing fierce competition among 14,000 other organizations, ASUS entered the esteemed echelons of the Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators 2021 report. This identifies the world’s finest innovators with a strong track record in securing important, commercially attractive patents that have a significant impact on future inventions. Every year since 2012, the Top 100 Global Innovators has identified companies at the pinnacle of the global innovation landscape based on four indicators: volume of patents, influence, success and globalization[i]. Among these criteria, ASUS was rated particularly high in two indicators: influence and globalization.

Commenting on this major success, ASUS co-CEO Samson Hu said: “The ASUS vision is to become the world’s most admired innovative leading technology enterprise. We are pleased to be recognized as a Top 100 Global Innovator for our continuous innovation and ability to influence global markets.”

Adding his own thoughts, ASUS co-CEO SY Hsu commented: “Moving forward, we are confident that our ongoing commitment to provide the best innovation and consumer experience will strengthen our mission to create the most ubiquitous, intelligent, heartfelt, and joyful smart life for everyone.”

  • ASUS innovation: An eye for invention that has resulted in global recognition

As a leading tech company, ASUS has a very strong technical know-how and has a deep understanding of market trends and demand. ASUS sees the importance of intellectual property and is dedicated to creating powerful patent portfolio ASUS now owns around 5,000 patents globally, approximately 90% of which are in the hard-to-secure utility category that signifies invention. Moreover, in contrast to many of competitors, ASUS has a world-class, in-house R&D team that account for more than a third of total ASUS staff worldwide — relentlessly creating innovative products and solutions for consumers around the world.

A recent swathe of inventions has delighted everyone from consumers and gamers to commercial customers. The company’s expertise in creating innovative products can be seen in our latest announcements, such as: ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED and ZenBook Duo 14 with the ergonomic ScreenPad Plus secondary display that enables effortless collaboration; ASUS BR1100 with its AI noise-canceling audio and noise-reducing camera for better remote learning experiences; ASUS Z590 series motherboards, including the ROG Z590 series with WiFi 6E technology and multiple AI technologies; ultraportable ROG Flow X13 with external graphics dock ROG XG Mobile for the best gaming experiences; ROG Swift PG32UQ, the world’s first 32-inch, HDMI 2.1 gaming monitor; and ROG Claymore II’s detachable numpad design for more personalized play styles and gaming setups.

The complete Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators 2021 report is available to download here.

[i] The Derwent Top 100 Global Innovators methodology follows four key criteria: 1. Volume: The organization must have had at least 100 granted inventions (and more than 500 filed in total) in the past five years. 2. Influence: The level of downstream impact by being highly cited externally by other organizations, and measured via the Derwent Patent Citations Index over the last five years, excluding citations from themselves. 3. Success: A high ratio of success in obtaining patent grants. 4. Globalization: The level of investment of a patent applicant in their invention, as tracked via the process of pursuing protection in all four of the key market patent offices of China, Europe, Japan, and the United States.