Original title: In 2021, the national patent and trademark pledge financing amount will exceed 300 billion yuan for the first time
Our reporter Du Yumeng
“As of the end of 2021, the effective number of invention patents in my country was 3.597 million. Among them, the effective number of domestic (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) invention patents was 2.704 million. The national patent and trademark pledge financing amount reached 309.8 billion yuan, and financing projects reached 17,000, It has benefited 15,000 enterprises, with a year-on-year increase of about 42%.” On January 12, Hu Wenhui, deputy director, office director and press spokesman of the State Intellectual Property Office, said at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office.
Hu Wenhui said that from the perspective of intellectual property-related statistics, my country’s intellectual property rights throughout the year showed four characteristics: the innovation vitality of domestic market players has been further stimulated; the scale of patent and trademark pledge financing has been further expanded; the digital economy and medical field patent reserves have been further strengthened; And foreign enterprises’ confidence in my country’s intellectual property protection has been further enhanced.
market subject
Increased ability to innovate and create
Data show that by the end of 2021, there were 298,000 domestic enterprises with valid invention patents, an increase of 52,000 over the previous year. Domestic enterprises have 1.908 million valid invention patents, a year-on-year increase of 22.6%, 5.0 percentage points higher than the national average growth rate. Among them, high-tech enterprises have 1.213 million valid invention patents, accounting for 63.6% of the total domestic enterprises.
Huang Xiong, a partner of Beijing Jingshi Law Firm, said in an interview with a reporter from Securities Daily that the number of valid invention patents is a “barometer” of technical level, technical capability and technical positioning. The significant year-on-year increase in the number of valid invention patents owned by domestic enterprises reflects that enterprises are the most active market players in innovation and creation. The concept of innovation-driven development has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and taking the “technical route” has become the “basic state” for enterprises, especially high-tech enterprises, to seek long-term development and catch-up development.
According to Hu Wenhui, according to the statistics of 35 technical fields divided by the World Intellectual Property Organization, by the end of 2021, the three fields with the fastest growth in the effective quantity of domestic invention patents in my country are information technology management methods, computer technology and medical technology, which are respectively year-on-year. The increase of 100.3%, 32.7% and 28.7% reflects the continuous strengthening of patent reserves in key core technology fields, which strongly supports industrial upgrading and benefits the life, health and daily life of ordinary people.
“In the process of transformation and upgrading of China’s economy, innovation-driven is undoubtedly an important path. In turn, the convergence point of innovation is also the general direction of transformation and upgrading.” Huang Xiong believes that the three fields of information technology management, computer technology and medical technology The effective number of domestic invention patents has grown the fastest, reflecting that the national strategy of innovation-driven development has achieved more significant results.
As an important indicator to objectively evaluate the level of innovation and development in my country, the data shows that by the end of 2021, the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 population in my country will reach 7.5, an increase of 1.2 over the previous year.
“As an expected indicator, the development of this indicator mainly depends on the role of market players.” Ge Shu, director of the Strategic Planning Department of the State Intellectual Property Office, said that from the statistics of 2021, the scale of high-value invention patents in my country has steadily expanded, and invention patents The structure is further optimized. For example, the patent reserve of strategic emerging industries has been continuously strengthened. By the end of 2021, my country’s domestic (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) strategic emerging industries had 792,000 effective invention patents, an increase of 114,000 from the end of the “13th Five-Year Plan” period, and the industry’s independent innovation capability continued to increase. For another example, the effective invention patents that have been maintained for a long time have grown rapidly. By the end of 2021, the number of valid invention patents in my country (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) that have been maintained for more than 10 years reached 323,000, a year-on-year increase of 27.7%, accounting for 11.9% of the domestic total, an increase from the end of the “13th Five-Year Plan” period. up 0.6 percentage points.
National patent and trademark pledge financing amount
Significant year-on-year growth
In the past two years, under the influence of the epidemic, small and medium-sized enterprises, which are the “capillaries” of my country’s economic development, have obviously been under tremendous pressure. In this context, my country’s patent and trademark pledge financing work has been increasing its efforts to serve small and medium-sized enterprises.
According to Hu Wenhui, in 2021, the national patent and trademark pledge financing amount will reach 309.8 billion yuan, and the financing projects will reach 17,000, benefiting 15,000 enterprises, with a year-on-year increase of about 42%. Among them, inclusive loans of less than 10 million yuan benefited 11,000 enterprises, accounting for 71.8% of the total number of beneficiary enterprises, fully demonstrating the inclusive characteristics of intellectual property pledge financing for small, medium and micro enterprises.
In Huang Xiong’s view, the national patent and trademark pledge financing amount has increased significantly year-on-year, which fully shows that Chinese enterprises have continuously deepened their understanding of this right-pledged financial tool and their ability to use it has continued to increase. This new financing path, which is different from traditional financial channels, is a booster for those start-up technology companies with technology and energy but lack of funds, protecting their innovation capabilities and promoting their homeopathic development.
Lei Xiaoyun, director of the Intellectual Property Utilization Promotion Department of the State Intellectual Property Office, said that last year, the registered amount of my country’s patent and trademark pledge financing exceeded 300 billion yuan for the first time. Small, medium and micro enterprises are an important force for stabilizing growth, promoting employment and safeguarding people’s livelihood. In the context of the epidemic, small, medium and micro enterprises have been under enormous pressure and faced many difficulties, especially some technology-based enterprises in the early stage with strong innovation ability and good growth potential, and eagerly hope to obtain “light assets” such as patents and trademarks. Financing support to achieve better development. In the next step, the State Intellectual Property Office will continue to promote intellectual property pledge financing, better serve innovative small and medium-sized enterprises, and support the high-quality development of the real economy.
.