Shangyou News:

Last year, the State Council issued the Special Action Plan for Transformation and Utilization of Patents. What progress has been made so far? What are the work plans for the next stage? Thank you.

Shen Changyu:

Thank you for your questions. I will answer these. Since the implementation of the Special Action Plan for Transformation and Utilization of Patents, the CNIPA has worked closely with relevant government departments and localities to promote patent industrialization, with supporting policies formulated and measures taken to effectively address difficulties in patent transformation.

On the one hand, we have accelerated sorting out of patent stocks of universities and research institutes. We have built a national data platform for invention patents of universities and research institutes to help them be clear about the number of existing patents. We collaborated with the Ministry of Education and the Chinese Academy of Sciences to organize key universities and scientific research institutions to take the lead in pilot projects and to form a demonstration effect. In accordance with the idea of "promoting and transforming while sorting out patents," all localities have actively held exchange activities such as on-site promotions for more efficient use of patents, and patent transformation matchmaking events. As of this June, universities and research institutes across the country have made an inventory of 850,000 existing invention patents, and overall progress has now exceeded 95%. Driven by these efforts, the number of patent transfers and licenses in universities and scientific research institutions nationwide reached 23,000 in the first half of this year, up 22.2% year on year. The transformation and utilization of existing patents are relatively large, and overall are becoming more and more active.

On the other hand, we have effectively leveraged the leading role of enterprises in the industrialization of patents. We have joined hands with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the People's Bank of China, the National Financial Regulatory Administration, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and other departments to implement the patent industrialization plan to facilitate the growth of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). At present, we have organized more than 17,000 technology-based SMEs to participate. Through inclusive services and exclusive support for IPR, we have channeled knowledge, technology, capital, talent and other factors toward SMEs, and accelerated the cultivation of a group of model enterprises with patent industrialization as the growth path. At the same time, we have also made full use of initiatives, such as the IP Services Tour, "1,000 Universities-10,000 Enterprises" collaborative innovation partnership action, "100 Events with 10,000 Enterprises" encompassing small, medium and large enterprises for collaboration, and the "One Key Industrial Chain Each Month" investment and financing matchmaking event, to promote collaboration in patent transformation and application services, help SMEs to connect with high-quality investment institutions and patent industrialization cooperation projects, and play a bigger role in patent transformation.

Next, we will shift our focus from sorting out existing patents to making better use of them, concentrating on patent transformation for tangible results. We will prioritize patent industrialization, mobilize all forces and social resources to promote patent transformation in an all-round, in-depth and multi-channel manner, release the market value of patents, enhance corporate competitiveness, and create new growth drivers and strengths for industrial development. Thank you.