Abstract:Chosen the patent literatures indexed in the Derwent Database as the samples, this study has demonstrated the distribution characters of patent family from the aspects of time and space. The results have revealed that the technology of solar energy vehicles representing rapid growth. The competition is mainly concentrated on few countries such as China, Japan, America, Korea and German. China has surpassed other counties and became the country accepted the most patent applications. Meanwhile China is also one of the main countries produced most of the patents in the field of solar energy vehicle. However, China has not expand overseas patent distribution, but has been regarded as the main battlefield of solar energy vehicle industry. Under the aggressive patent strategy, western countries have established strict patent protection network in overseas markets.