The number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 population is included in the annual statistics, increasing the expression of "high value" compared with the past
What are the considerations behind the changes in important statistical indicators of intellectual property rights?
Our reporter Du Xin
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In the "14th Five-Year Plan", for the first time, the number of high-quality invention patents per 10,000 population is included in the main indicators of economic and social development, and it is proposed to reach 12 by 2025.
In the statistics of intellectual property-related work in 2021, the indicator of high-quality invention patent ownership per 10,000 population replaces the indicator of invention patent ownership per 10,000 population in the previous annual data.
The new index design highlights quality and value orientation, and aims to guide the transformation of patents from pursuing quantity to improving quality.
Statistics on intellectual property related work in 2021 show that by the end of 2021, the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 population in my country will reach 7.5.
The "Workers Daily" reporter noted that this is the first time that the State Intellectual Property Office has published the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 population in the annual statistics.
Previously, the bureau announced the number of invention patents per 10,000 population in its annual statistics.
In 2020, the number of invention patents per 10,000 population in my country will reach 15.8, exceeding the 12 goals expected in the national "13th Five-Year Plan".
From the number of invention patents per 10,000 population to the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 population, what are the considerations behind the change?
What is high value?
Indicators highlight high value
Patents are divided into invention patents, utility model patents and design patents. Among them, invention patents have the highest gold content.
The number of invention patents per 10,000 population is a comprehensive indicator to measure the quality of scientific research output and the level of market application in a country or region.
This indicator has been continuously included in the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" and "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", and has become an important indicator of innovation capability in my country's implementation of innovation-driven development strategy and national intellectual property strategy in recent years.
In the "14th Five-Year Plan", for the first time, the number of high-quality invention patents per 10,000 population is included in the main indicators of economic and social development, and it is proposed that the number of patents will reach 12 by 2025.
According to reports, high-value invention patents include: invention patents in strategic emerging industries, invention patents with patent families overseas, invention patents maintained for more than 10 years, invention patents with higher pledged financing amount, and national science and technology patents Award or China Patent Award for invention patents.
业内人士表示，这5种类型的高价值发明专利聚焦战略性新兴产业创新创造，突出创新成果转化实施质量和效益，着眼全球专利布局，反映了进入新发展阶段、推动高质量发展、构建新发展格局的形势需要。
纠正片面追求数量的倾向
对于每万人口高质量发明专利拥有量这一新指标，国家知识产权局战略规划司有关负责人解释说，该指标设计突出质量和价值导向，有利于引导专利从追求数量向提高质量转变。
我国专利申请量连续多年保持世界第一，不过，国家知识产权局有关负责人表示，要清醒认识到，专利质量还需要持续提高。
此前，部分地区和部门在企业资质认定、资格评定及奖励举措中，将专利数量直接作为主要条件之一，缺少针对专利对企业发展及产品创新等价值和贡献度的评价考核，一定程度上造成部分创新主体重数量、轻质量，重申请、轻运用。一些地方曾出现“为申请而申请”的情况，甚至有用财政资金来补贴专利申请的现象。
为此，国家知识产权局去年印发通知，要求各地区、各部门要清理完善各项涉及专利的奖励政策和资格资质评定政策，不得直接将专利申请、授权数量作为享受奖励或资格资质评定政策的主要条件。
业内人士认为，高价值发明专利拥有量的统计监测评价，有利于纠正片面追求数量的倾向，能够更加客观度量我国的创新能力和产出绩效，更加准确评价我国在全球创新竞争格局中的位置和水平。
高价值发明专利规模稳步扩大
推出每万人口高质量发明专利拥有量后，国家知识产权局一方面加强对指标的宣传解读，积极引导从追求数量向提高质量转变，同时支持地方根据发展需要，因地制宜做好相关指标的设置工作；另一方面，为防止单纯追求指标数量、互相攀比，进一步研究完善了指标统计监测评估机制，包括开展专利激励政策监测评估、加强指标动态统计监测等。
从2021年统计数据来看，我国高价值发明专利规模稳步扩大，发明专利的结构进一步优化。
从战略性新兴产业专利储备来看，截至2021年底，我国战略性新兴产业有效发明专利79.2万件，较“十三五”期末增加了11.4万件。
Judging from the effective invention patents that have been maintained for a long time, by the end of 2021, the number of effective invention patents maintained for more than 10 years in my country reached 323,000, a year-on-year increase of 27.7%, accounting for 11.9% of the domestic total.
From the perspective of the overseas distribution capabilities of innovative entities, by the end of 2021, my country had 83,000 valid invention patents with patent families overseas, a year-on-year increase of 21.8%, of which nearly 90% of the innovative entities were enterprises.