Chongqing City releases new policy on "high-value invention patents", involving integrated circuits, new display and other fields

Recently, the "Chongqing High-value Invention Patent Quality Improvement Action Plan (2022-2024)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Action Plan") was issued.

The Action Plan defines key tasks, including strengthening the supply of innovation sources and improving the output rate of scientific and technological innovation; strengthening patent confirmation services and increasing the authorization rate of invention patents; strengthening patent transformation operations and increasing the implementation rate of invention patents; strengthening dynamic monitoring of existing patents and increasing the maintenance rate of invention patents; strengthening overseas intellectual property layout and increasing the share of overseas patents.

Strengthen the supply of innovation sources and improve the output rate of scientific and technological innovation

Focus on key industries. Focusing on the key areas of strategic emerging industries such as new generation information technology, new energy and intelligent networked vehicles, high-end equipment, new materials, biotechnology, green environmental protection, and the technical shortcomings of 33 key industrial chains such as integrated circuits and new displays, support market entities to use patent data and industrial data to judge the industrial patent layout and competition pattern, and establish the research and development strategy and path of key technologies. Adopting methods such as "unveiling the list and taking charge", guide and support leading enterprises to jointly promote a number of key core technology research and development with universities, research institutes, and intellectual property service agencies, promote the construction of a number of R&D innovation platforms and the development of a number of key new products, strengthen the layout of key core high-value patents, and cultivate a number of high-value invention patent-intensive industries. By 2024, strive to exceed 24,000 invention patents in strategic emerging industries, accounting for more than 50% of the city's invention patents.

Focus on innovation subjects. Guide and support large research institutes to enhance the pertinence of high-value invention patent technology supply, actively carry out high-value invention patent creation layout, navigation and early warning, and promote value realization-oriented results transformation. Increase support for the creation of high-value invention patents for "stuck neck" technologies of new R&D institutions, and cultivate a group of high-value invention patent big households. Strengthen the benign interaction between the cultivation of high-tech enterprises and the output of high-value invention patents, support high-tech enterprises to undertake science and technology plan projects, and increase the output of high-value invention patents. Encourage and support "specialized, refined, and new" enterprises and small giant enterprises to improve their innovation capabilities through core technology research and development, and undertake the transfer and licensing of existing patents. Support listed key cultivation enterprises to increase R&D investment, improve the level of high-value invention patent layout, and give key support in accordance with the "one enterprise, one policy" in terms of industry-university-research collaboration. Support state-owned enterprises to rely on major scientific research projects and enterprise R&D platforms to cultivate a group of original and basic high-value invention patents with high innovation and strong market competitiveness.

Strengthen patent confirmation services and increase the rate of invention patent authorization

Build a fast track for patent examination. Build the China (Chongqing) Intellectual Property Protection Center for the new generation of information technology, biomedicine, and high-end equipment. Give full play to the "three fasts" of the Intellectual Property Protection Center in terms of fast examination, fast confirmation of rights, and fast protection of rights, so as to achieve the rapid acquisition of invention patents in advantageous industries such as the new generation of information technology, and promote the reduction of the examination cycle of high-value invention patents to less than 12 months. Use policies such as patent priority examination and centralized examination, connect with national patent examination resources, open a "green channel" for patent application and examination, and improve the efficiency of examination of high-value invention patents.

Strengthen patent conversion operations and improve the implementation rate of invention patents

Accelerate the construction of Chongqing Intellectual Property Operation Center. Use artificial intelligence and big data analysis technology to integrate resources such as industry, capital, talent, and intellectual property rights, and build an intellectual property operation center that integrates intellectual property big data services, navigation services, transaction services, value assessment services, and transfer and transformation services. Strengthen the transformation and operation of existing patents in colleges and universities and research institutes, and promote the establishment of a standardized, orderly, and vibrant market-oriented operation mechanism. Promote the Chongqing Intellectual Property Operation Center and the Sichuan Intellectual Property Operation Center to strengthen the complementary industrial advantages and the sharing of transaction information, organize and carry out special docking activities for decrypting national defense patents and high-value invention patents in Sichuan and Chongqing, and strive to incubate a group of "specialized, sophisticated, and innovative" enterprises and high-tech enterprises.

Strengthen dynamic monitoring of existing patents and improve the maintenance rate of invention patents

Optimize the invention patent funding policy. Study and revise the "Chongqing Patent Funding Measures" to strengthen the funding orientation for high-value invention patents. Funding funds will be tilted toward invention patents for authorized strategic emerging industries, invention patents with similar patent rights overseas, invention patents with a maintenance period of more than 10 years, invention patents with a high pledge financing amount, and invention patents that have won national science and technology awards or China Patent Awards, so as to guide the city's high-value invention patents to create stable output adjustments. Make good use of the patent application fee reduction and payment reduction policies to reduce the authorization and maintenance costs of invention patent applications for innovative entities. Regularly conduct analysis and assessment of high-value invention patent applications and authorizations.

Strengthen the protection of the entire intellectual property chain. Focus on key industries such as automobiles, new generation information technology, high-end equipment, and biomedicine, organize and implement enterprise intellectual property risk prediction and early warning project plans, and cultivate a number of intellectual property protection demonstration creation units. Continue to carry out special actions to "protect intellectual property rights and well-known brands", focus on protecting market entities with core technologies and strong innovation capabilities, and establish a number of comprehensive intellectual property protection contact points. Continue to strengthen administrative adjudication of patent infringement disputes, improve the judicial confirmation mechanism of patent administrative mediation agreements, and improve the effectiveness of patent administrative protection.