"Efficient transactions of IPRs fuel orderly circulation of innovative resources and elements as well as optimization of configurations while speeding up the release of innovative energy," Heng Fuguang, spokesperson and deputy director general of the CNIPA announced at a press conference on IPR commercialization and use in
Principals from the CNIPA's promotion of IPR use department, science/technology and information technology department of the
Boom of IPR operations
In 2021, patent assignment and licensing activities registered at 420,000, up 15% compared with the year before. The total import/export value of IPR royalties nationwide amounted to
According to
Lei also brought attention to some specific programs done by the CNIPA, such as refinement of the IPR evaluation system, design of a national standard for patent evaluation, continued publication of statistics on patent royalty rates of recorded licensing agreements and formation of a system detecting prices of IPR deals. The CNIPA also joined hands with the MOF to implement a special program on patent commercialization while demanding local administrations to bond patent open-licensing pilot programs with patent commercialization programs and to integrate with IPR operations of universities and enterprises.
Patent commercialization surging at universities and research institutes
Even when IPR transactions are generally very dynamic in
Lei Chaozi, director general of the MOE's science/technology and information technology department said his ministry has invoked two tools to accelerate transformation of universities' scientific and technological findings to real-world productivity, namely "upgrading quality of research findings" and "strengthening policy incentives". Regarding "upgrading quality of research findings", the MOE stresses whether the findings have catered the needs of industry and enterprise production and solved the outstanding problems bothering enterprises. Regarding "strengthening policy incentives", most universities have raised their compensation percentage to 70% while some even adopt an over 90% rate.
IPR financing bringing "real money"
"Although the economy softened in the first half of the year, financing through pledging patents and trademarks as collaterals amounted to
Financing through pledging patents and trademarks as collaterals amounted to
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