Local Practice of China's Patent Commercialization Programme and Its Enlightenment:Based on the Analysis of 139 Patent Commercialization Policy Documents in 16 Provinces
The patent commercialization special plan launched by the Ministry of Finance and the China National Intellectual Property Administration in 2021 has come to an end,summarizing the local practical experience of this special plan will help the central and local governments formulate other patent commercialization policies in the future,and boost the process of patent commercialization in China and the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.Based on 139 policy documents related to the use of special funds in 16 awarded provinces under the plan,this paper analyzes the common and special local practices from the perspectives of patent supply side,demand side,intermediary service side and financial service side,and the results show that,among the 16 provinces,relevant support projects are established to target at the different entities of"industry-university-research-finance-intermediary"innovation system,this ensures small and medium-sized enterprises,universities,research institutes,intellectual property intermediary services,financial institutions,etc.to be benefit from both awards and subsidy.The first step of the local special fund application policy is to directly use special funds to encourage universities and research institutes to commercialize patents to small and medium-sized enterprises,or to support them to improve the management and service system of scientific and research findings,which is fair and inclusive.Additionally,some provinces have formulated and implemented special patent commercialization projects in accordance with local characteristics in geographical location and industrial structure.However,there is still a lack of consideration in local policy formulation,and the coordination and depth of policy implementation is imperfect.The formulation and implementation of China's patent commercialization policy in the future can be optimized by differentiating the formulation of patent commercialization policy,strengthening policy coordination and linkage,and expanding the depth of policy implementation.