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China's intellectual property funding policy will lean towards invention patents.
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2014.07.11
On February 20, the National Intellectual Property Administration held a press conference in Beijing to announce the situation regarding invention patents in China for 2013. As one of the important indicators of innovation, the number of invention patents per 10,000 people in China reached 4.02, achieving the target of 3.3 set in the 12th Five-Year Plan two years ahead of schedule.
In 2013, the total number of patent grants nationwide was 144,000, unchanged from the previous year, while the number of invention patent applications received reached 825,000, a year-on-year increase of 26.3%. Moreover, the number of accepted applications for the most important and innovative invention patents accounted for 34.7% of the total number of three types of patents, exceeding one-third for the first time in five years. This reflects China's shift from focusing on the quantity of patents to the quality and structure of patents.
However, officials from the National Intellectual Property Administration also stated that there are two major issues with patents in China: first, there is a significant regional disparity in the number of invention patents per 10,000 people between eastern and western regions; second, in some high-tech fields, China's patent layout still needs to be strengthened. Based on this, China's inclusive intellectual property funding policy will face adjustments, with future funding being reduced for design and utility model patents while leaning towards invention patents.
The National Intellectual Property Administration also reported that to ensure further improvement in patent utilization capabilities, since launching pilot work on intellectual property pledge financing in 2008, the cumulative amount of patent rights pledges has reached 63.8 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 112%, which has alleviated financing difficulties for technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises to some extent.
Beijing ranks first in invention patent grants.
"In 2013, the number of accepted applications for invention patents, which represent higher patent quality indicators and reflect patent technology and market value, maintained rapid growth and had the highest growth rate among the three types of patents," said Gan Shaoning, deputy director of the National Intellectual Property Administration.
By the end of 2013, the number of effective domestic (excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) invention patents representing higher patent quality indicators and reflecting patent technology and market value totaled 587,000. The number of invention patents per 10,000 people reached 4.02, achieving the target set in the "12th Five-Year Plan" two years ahead of schedule to increase to 3.3 by 2015.
From the perspective of regional distribution of patent grants, patent grants still show a clustering trend. In terms of invention patents per 10,000 people by region (excluding Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan), the eastern region has 7.7 patents, the central region has 1.8 patents, the western region has 1.6 patents, and the northeastern region has 2.8 patents. Eight provinces and cities including Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin have already achieved the national target of 3.3 ahead of schedule as set out in the "12th Five-Year Plan." Among them, Beijing's number of invention patents per 10,000 people is 41.29; Shanghai's is 20.32, far exceeding other regions.
From the perspective of grant subjects, Chinese enterprises have a solid position as creators of intellectual property. In 2013, Chinese enterprises obtained grants for 79,000 invention patents, accounting for 54.9% of the domestic total, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the previous year.
Inclusive policies are proposed to be adjusted.
However, despite an increasing proportion and gradual optimization in invention patent applications and grants in China, there is still a need to strengthen patent layout in high-tech fields. Among the 35 sub-technology fields classified by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), domestic invention patents held an advantage in only 21 fields in 2013. Although the gap between domestic and foreign invention patent holdings is narrowing in high-tech fields and rapid growth in advantageous areas indicates that China has made effective progress in R&D innovation on key technologies; it is worth noting that foreign countries have always held a significant advantage in high-tech fields such as optics and semiconductors.
Gong Yalin, director of the Planning Department at the National Intellectual Property Administration, stated during an interview with reporters from the Economic Report that next steps will involve strategic layout work by the intellectual property office while local governments need to identify and leverage their advantageous industries; some preferential policies should be tilted towards them. "We need to make some adjustments to inclusive policies; local governments should focus more on invention patents and reduce funding for design and utility model patents."
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