On December 9th, the opening day of the 6th Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area Intellectual Property Trading Expo and International Geographical Indication Product Trading Expo, multiple cooperation agreements and projects related to improving the efficiency of intellectual property transformation and utilization were signed. These agreements and projects include the signing of intellectual property pledge financing strategic cooperation agreements between the Guangdong Provincial Administration for Market Regulation (Intellectual Property Office) and 10 banks including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Guangdong Branch, and joint cross regional patent docking and transformation activities with provinces (regions) such as Shanxi, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang, and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps. In addition, 11 university patent conversion projects were officially signed on-site. This is a vivid manifestation of China's ongoing special action on patent conversion and application. So far, it has been one year since the General Office of the State Council issued the "Special Action Plan for Patent Conversion and Utilization (2023-2025)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"). Recently, the reporter learned from the China National Intellectual Property Administration that the China National Intellectual Property Administration has given full play to the role of the special action promotion mechanism since the special action was carried out one year ago, and has cooperated with various departments and regions to solve the problems of patent transformation and application commonly existing in universities and scientific research institutions, conducted in-depth research, accurately solved problems, and accelerated the implementation of key work of the special action, achieving positive results. Forming a policy system "Currently, China has entered a stage of high-quality development, and efforts to break through key bottlenecks in patent conversion and utilization play a more crucial role in effectively improving the efficiency of patent conversion and utilization, and promoting high-quality economic development," said Tao Xinliang, Honorary Dean and Professor of the School of Intellectual Property at Shanghai University. The 'Plan' addresses the pain points, difficulties, and obstacles in the transformation of patent achievements, and in Tao Xinliang's words, 'blows the horn for China to deepen the transformation of patent achievements, especially high-value patent achievements, in the coming period'. After the issuance of the "Plan", the mobilization and deployment meeting for the special action of patent conversion and application was held in Beijing. Shen Changyu, Director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, attended the meeting and made a mobilization speech. The meeting emphasized that all regions and relevant departments across the country should optimize policies and implement classified measures to maximize the transformation of innovative achievements into real productivity. On the premise of improving patent quality, efforts should be made to solve the problems of "unwillingness to transfer", "inability to transfer" and "reluctance to transfer". Focusing on the implementation of the key tasks of the special action of patent transformation and application, the China National Intellectual Property Administration, together with relevant departments, formulated and issued a series of supporting documents. For example, in January this year, eight departments, including the China National Intellectual Property Administration, jointly issued the Work Plan for Revitalizing the Existing Patents of Universities and Scientific Research Institutions, which proposes to strive to achieve full coverage of the inventory of unconverted effective patents of universities and scientific research institutions nationwide by the end of 2024; By the end of 2025, accelerate the transformation of a batch of high-value patents, establish a patent creation and application mechanism guided by industrial demand, and promote a significant increase in the industrialization and implementation rates of patents in universities and research institutions. In February this year, five departments including the China National Intellectual Property Administration formulated the Implementation Plan of Patent Industrialization to Promote the Growth of Small and Medium sized Enterprises, which aims at technology-based innovative small and medium-sized enterprises with innovative capabilities, and adopts the combination of "inclusive services+key cultivation" to promote the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises through patent industrialization. In June this year, nine departments, including the China National Intellectual Property Administration, jointly issued the Several Measures on Promoting the Strong Chain Efficiency of Intellectual Property in Key Industries, which takes promoting the strong chain efficiency of intellectual property in key industries as a key task for deployment. At the same time, the China National Intellectual Property Administration promoted all departments to formulate and issue more than 50 relevant policy documents around industrial innovation, achievement transformation, SME growth, science and technology finance and other fields. "The consistency and synergy among various policies have been significantly enhanced." Wang Peizhang, Director of the Department of Intellectual Property Promotion of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, said that a "1+N" policy system has been formed to promote the transformation and application of patents. One of the key focuses of the "Plan" is to identify the existing "family background" of universities and research institutions as important components of the national strategic scientific and technological strength and innovation system, and to sort out and activate their existing patents and improve the conversion rate of innovative achievements. It is the work actively promoted by the China National Intellectual Property Administration to fully understand the "family background" of patent stocks in universities and scientific research institutions. According to Heng Fuguang, spokesman and office director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, China has completed the inventory and value analysis of 1.349 million outstanding patents, formed a convertible patent resource pool, and pushed it to enterprises according to industry segments. In the first three quarters of this year, the number of patent transfer license registrations for universities and research institutions nationwide increased by 24.1% year-on-year; The total registered amount of patent and trademark pledge financing reached 792.23 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 60%; The total import and export volume of intellectual property usage fees reached 307.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.2%, both reaching a historical high. Guizhou University is one of the beneficiaries. On November 7th, Guizhou University's two patented technologies, "Mine Roof Disaster Prevention and Control Early Warning Complete Set Technology" and "Mining Tunnel Surrounding Rock Energy Release Main Control Technology System," were transformed into real gold and silver, and transferred to two companies in Shandong for 11 million yuan and 10 million yuan respectively. The person in charge of the Intellectual Property Application Promotion Department of the Guizhou Provincial Intellectual Property Office said, "Understanding the family background and excavating a batch of existing patents with market value is the prerequisite for promoting the patent transformation and application action in Guizhou." It is reported that the Guizhou Provincial Intellectual Property Office guided 67 universities and scientific research institutions in the province to sort out the existing patents, and a total of 16161 existing patents were inventoried, with an inventory rate of 100%. Among them, after evaluation and judgment by professional institutions and researchers, 7130 items were included in the convertible resource library, accounting for 44.1%. In Dezhou City, Shandong Province, a food production enterprise has become one of the top 50 soybean product enterprises in China, which is also related to the transformation and implementation of university patent technology achievements, and the assistance of enterprises in improving production efficiency. According to the person in charge of the company, the recycling of soybean residue, which is richer in dietary fiber, once encountered technical difficulties with low product yield. It was not until the local market supervision department helped match the tofu production patent technology developed by a team of professors from Jiangnan University more than 800 kilometers away that the problem that had plagued the company for many years was solved. And this also solves the troubles of Jiangnan University, because after applying for a patent for this technology, no suitable enterprise has been found to put it into production. For both parties, the ultimate breakthrough will be the implementation of the "Plan", which will promote universities and research institutions to understand the "family background" of existing patents, form a convertible patent resource library, match and push to enterprises according to industry segmentation fields, and accelerate the process of patent industrialization. Building a university enterprise platform to build a platform for universities, research institutes and enterprises to implement patent technology transformation, in which "matchmaking" to promote the precise docking of supply and demand is an important work that the China National Intellectual Property Administration and other departments are trying to promote. Wang Peizhang introduced that "we carry out various forms of matching and docking activities to help small and medium-sized enterprises obtain patented technologies and promote the industrialization process of patents for small and medium-sized enterprises." Recently, at the 2024 China Xiong'an High Value Patent Competition Awards Ceremony and Beijing Tianjin Hebei Patent Transformation Roadshow held in Xiong'an New Area, some award-winning projects signed contracts on-site and reached cooperation with Xiong'an New Area, and will soon enter the "City of the Future". This face-to-face communication can let us know about some of the core patented technologies of current universities or research institutions, which can also provide great assistance and promotion for our production and operation Zhou Kuizhi, the business manager of Langfang Zhenguigu Technology Co., Ltd., said with deep emotion. Lu Pengqi, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, said that the event was an important measure to accelerate the special action of patent transformation and application, and use intellectual property to help the coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and the construction of Xiong'an New Area. We hope that all relevant parties can better play the important role of intellectual property in stimulating innovation and promoting development, promote the close integration of organized transformation and application with the coordinated development strategy of Beijing Tianjin Hebei, closely integrate the coordinated transformation of all parties with industrial transformation and upgrading, and closely integrate high-efficiency transformation with the strategy of innovation driven development. Looking at the whole country, there are still many such activities. On November 8th, the second Liaoning "School Enterprise Collaborative Science and Technology Innovation Partnership Action" university achievement transformation docking and intellectual property transformation special event (Bohai University Station) was held in Jinzhou City. On November 12th, the "Zhihuitong" 2024 Hubei Province Patent Conversion Supply and Demand Matchmaking Event (Xiangshi Suishen Area Special Session) was held in Shiyan City. After a year of efforts, the patent industrialization rate of enterprises, universities, and research institutions has been effectively improved, providing strong support for industrial transformation and upgrading Hengfu Guang said. At the same time, there has been a significant increase in the awareness of the whole society to prioritize quality and promote transformation. Wang Peizhang introduced that various departments and localities have gradually established a policy orientation of emphasizing quality and promoting transformation in project evaluation, professional title evaluation, and performance evaluation. Long term mechanisms that are conducive to the transformation and application of patents, such as the pre application evaluation system for patents, the due diligence exemption and fault tolerance mechanism for the transformation of job-related scientific and technological achievements, and the patent declaration system for financial support for scientific research projects, are accelerating their formation. In the first three quarters of this year, the proportion of invention patents in the new patent applications of universities and research institutions nationwide has further increased to 70.9%, and the quality of patent applications has steadily improved. Next, based on a good start, we will anchor our goals, accelerate progress, promote the organic connection and continuous progress of various key tasks Wang Peizhang stated that we will further promote the deep integration and collaborative innovation of industry, academia, and research, and continuously improve the quality and efficiency of patent output; Cooperate with relevant departments to further promote the reform of empowering job-related scientific and technological achievements, and continuously improve the incentive mechanism for patent transformation in universities and research institutions; Further build a good service ecosystem for patent transformation, promote the cross regional transformation and application of patent technology, unleash the market value of patents with greater efforts, enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises, and transform patent advantages into innovative development momentum. (New Society)