Oppo India in process to file 80 patents

MUMBAI: Smart devices maker Oppo India is in the process of filing 80 patents and will enhance focus on the development of 5G device ecosystem in 2021, a senior company official said on Monday.

OPPO India vice-president and research and development head Tasleem Arif said that setting up of a 5G lab in the country has reduced the company's dependency on headquarters and other centres of the smart devices firm.

"At India research and development centre, we not only want to be the first mover on 5G but we are also contributing a lot in IPR. We have filed over 200 IPs (intellectual properties). In that 60 per cent, approximately 120, has already been filed and 40 per cent, around 80, is under process. All this has happened majorly in the last one-and-ahalf years," Arif said on the sidelines of launching Reno5 Pro 5G and Enco X wireless earphones.