Top 10 European patent applicants in 2016（5）

　　No 7 Qualcomm

　　Applications: 1,704

　　Country: US

　　A visitor tries a Qualcomm's prototype virtual reality headsets during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Feb 28, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]

　　No 6 Siemens

　　Applications: 1,871

　　Country: Germany

　　An employee checks the fit of a bolt on a H-class turbine on the assembly line of Siemens AG's gas turbine factory, in Berlin, Germany.[Photo/Agencies]

　　No 5 United Technologies

　　Applications: 2,067

　　Country: US

　　Models of high pressure turbine disks manufactured by Pratt &Whitney, a unit of United Technologies Corp, are displayed at the company's facility at Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore, on Feb 15, 2016. [Photo/VCG]