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Ladies and gentlemen, good morning! Welcome to the press conference of the State Council Information Office. Today we are very pleased to invite Mr. Hu Wenhui, Deputy Director of the State Intellectual Property Office, to introduce to you the relevant situation of intellectual property work in the first half of 2023 and answer questions that you are interested in. Also present at today's press conference were: Mr. Ge Shu, Director of the Strategic Planning Department of the State Intellectual Property Office, Mr. Zhang Zhicheng, Director of the Intellectual Property Protection Department, and Ms. Lei Xiaoyun, Director of the Department of Intellectual Property Utilization Promotion.

Next, we will first invite Mr. Hu Wenhui to make an introduction.

Thank you host. Dear friends from the media, good morning! First of all, thank you for your long-term concern and support for intellectual property work.

In the first half of this year, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, the State Intellectual Property Office and local intellectual property management departments fully implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on intellectual property work and the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and studied in depth Implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Two National Sessions, and actively play the important role of intellectual property in supporting the construction of the national innovation system, building a new open economic system and shaping a good business environment. The main intellectual property rights The indicators are running smoothly, and the development of intellectual property undertakings is making steady progress and improving quality. Below, I briefly introduce the relevant situation.

1. Main data

In terms of patents: in the first half of the year, a total of 433,000 invention patents, 1.104 million utility model patents, and 344,000 design patents were authorized. Accepted 35,000 PCT international patent applications. 33,000 patent review cases were concluded and 4,433 invalidation cases were concluded. Chinese applicants submitted a total of 957 international design applications through the Hague System.

As of the end of June this year, the number of valid invention patents in my country reached 4.568 million, a year-on-year increase of 16.9%.

In terms of trademarks: a total of 2.018 million trademarks were registered in the first half of the year. The review of 87,000 trademark opposition cases and the review of 182,000 trademark review cases of various types were completed. 3,024 applications for Madrid trademark international registration were received from domestic applicants.

As of the end of June this year, the number of valid registered trademarks in my country reached 44.235 million, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%.

In terms of geographical indications: In the first half of the year, a total of 3 geographical indication products were approved for protection, 97 registrations of geographical indications as collective trademarks and certification marks were approved, and 3,509 business entities were approved to use special signs for geographical indications.

As of the end of June this year, a total of 2,498 geographical indication products have been approved, a total of 7,173 geographical indications have been approved for registration as collective trademarks and certification marks, and a total of more than 25,000 business entities have been approved to use geographical indication special signs.

In terms of integrated circuit layout design: In the first half of the year, a total of 4,861 integrated circuit layout design certificates were issued in my country.

As of the end of June this year, my country had issued a total of 66,000 integrated circuit layout design licenses.

In terms of intellectual property protection: In the first half of the year, intellectual property management departments at all levels across the country handled a total of 21,000 administrative cases of patent infringement disputes, and guided intellectual property dispute mediation organizations to accept and mediate 50,000 disputes. Start the construction of the first batch of 10 national intellectual property protection demonstration zones.

In terms of the use of intellectual property rights: In the first half of the year, the amount of patent and trademark pledge financing in my country reached 267.66 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 64.6%. From January to May this year, the total import and export volume of intellectual property royalties was 157.78 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%.

2. Main features

First, the number of domestic patents and trademarks has steadily increased. As of the end of June this year, the number of valid domestic invention patents in my country was 3.683 million, a year-on-year increase of 20.4%. Among them, valid invention patents that have been maintained for more than 10 years reached 559,000, accounting for 15.2%, an increase of 1.6 percentage points from the same period last year. The number of valid domestic registered trademarks was 42.177 million, a year-on-year increase of 9.4%, showing a steady growth trend.

Second, the number of innovative companies with patents is growing rapidly. As of the end of June this year, the number of companies in my country with valid invention patents reached 385,000, an increase of 60,000 from the same period last year, and a total of 2.605 million valid invention patents, accounting for more than 70% of the domestic total, an increase of 1.8 from the same period last year. percentage point. Among them, high-tech enterprises and specialized and new "little giant" enterprises owned 1.804 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 23.3%, which was 2.9 percentage points higher than the domestic average growth rate.

Third, the patent reserve in the field of digital technology has been further strengthened. According to the statistics of 35 technical fields classified by the World Intellectual Property Organization, as of the end of June this year, the top three technical fields with the highest growth rate of effective invention patents in my country were computer technology management methods, computer technology and basic communication programs, with year-on-year growth of 56.6% respectively. %, 38.2% and 26.0%, the growth rate is much higher than the domestic average of 20.4%, providing strong support for the innovative development of my country's digital economy.

Fourth, Chinese applicants are more active in applying for intellectual property rights abroad. In the first half of this year, our office accepted 33,000 PCT international patent applications submitted by domestic applicants, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%, and 3,024 Madrid trademark international registration applications, a year-on-year increase of 12.0%. Since joining the Hague Agreement in May 2022, Chinese applicants have submitted an average of more than 150 international design applications every month, ranking among the top in the world.

Fifth, my country’s intellectual property import and export scale has maintained steady growth. From January to May this year, my country's import volume of intellectual property royalties was 120.8 billion yuan, and export volume was 36.98 billion yuan. Both import and export volumes achieved growth, and intellectual property trade showed strong resilience.

The above is the relevant situation. Below we would like to answer your questions on the relevant content. Thanks.

At present, the construction of the first batch of national intellectual property protection demonstration zones has been launched, and construction plans have been formulated in various places. Could you please introduce to us the characteristics and measures taken by various regions in the construction of intellectual property protection demonstration zones? Thanks.

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to accelerate the development of the digital economy and promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the real economy. What is the current innovation status of my country’s core industries in the digital economy? Please do an analysis from the data aspect. Thanks!

Thank you for your question. Regarding questions about the digital economy, I would like to ask Director Ge Shu from our Strategic Planning Department to answer.

Thanks. The Party Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the development of the digital economy. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that "digital technology and digital economy are the first opportunities for the world's scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and are key areas for a new round of international competition." Currently, patent innovation in the core industries of my country's digital economy is booming. Statistics show that as of the end of 2022, the number of valid invention patents in my country's core industries of the digital economy was 1.60 million, of which 1.273 million were domestic. The overall number of domestic and foreign patents in China showed an "82" pattern. The development of patents in the core industries of my country's digital economy mainly presents the following four characteristics:

First, invention patents in core industries of the digital economy are growing rapidly. From 2016 to 2022, the average annual growth rate of invention patent authorizations in my country's core industries of the digital economy reached 18.1%, which is 1.5 times the average annual growth rate of my country's total invention patent authorizations during the same period. Among them, 335,000 invention patents in core industries of the digital economy will be authorized in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 17.5%.

Second, domestic enterprises have strong innovation momentum in the field of digital economy. As of the end of 2022, corporate ownership accounted for 70.9% of the valid invention patents in the core industries of the domestic digital economy. Taking advantage of domestic massive data and rich application scenarios, local innovation forces have risen, and domestic leading companies have continued to emerge, becoming an important force in promoting the development of the digital economy.

Third, the eastern region has obvious innovation advantages in the digital economy. As of the end of 2022, the effective number of invention patents in the core industries of the digital economy in the Yangtze River Delta, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region accounted for 71.3% of the domestic total, showing a "three strong" situation, which is very important for promoting regional economic transformation and high-quality development has played a positive role.

Fourth, more foreign companies are coming to China to carry out patent layout in the digital economy. As of the end of 2022, 95 countries (regions) have 327,000 invention patents in core industries of the digital economy in China, of which digital product manufacturing accounts for 62.7%. Foreign companies are strengthening their patent layout in key industries such as semiconductors, communication system equipment, and optoelectronic devices, and Chinese companies need to increase their technological research efforts in related fields.

In the next step, our office will continue to strengthen the statistical monitoring of patents in core industries of the digital economy and key digital technologies to provide better service support for the development of my country's digital economy. Thanks.

The new patent law that will be implemented in 2021 introduces an early resolution mechanism for pharmaceutical patent infringement disputes. In the two years since this work was implemented, what are the specific cases? What role has this work played in increasing the protection of pharmaceutical intellectual property rights? Thanks.

Thanks. Original drugs require high investment in research and development, are difficult to innovate, have relatively long marketing cycles, and have relatively high prices. The high profitability of drug patents has led to differences in interests between original drug and generic drug companies, which require relevant systems to balance them. In recent years, especially since the implementation of the new patent law in 2021, the State Intellectual Property Office, together with the Supreme People's Court, the National Medical Insurance Administration, the State Food and Drug Administration and other relevant departments, has actively carried out research and exploration on the intellectual property protection mechanism in the pharmaceutical field, and solidly promoted pharmaceutical patent protection. In all work, the legitimate rights and interests of drug intellectual property rights holders are strictly protected in accordance with the law.

In July 2021, the State Intellectual Property Office and the State Food and Drug Administration jointly issued the "Implementation Measures for the Early Resolution Mechanism of Drug Patent Disputes (Trial)" and "Administrative Adjudication Measures for the Early Resolution Mechanism of Drug Patent Disputes" to achieve the approval of generic drug listings and innovative drug patents Interlinking of effectiveness reviews. In the past two years, our bureau has received a total of 140 requests for relevant administrative adjudication cases and concluded 112 cases involving more than 30 kinds of drugs and more than 50 specifications. A total of 25 original pharmaceutical companies have filed requests against 42 generic drug companies as petitioners, among which the anti-tumor drug neratinib maleate tablets has been involved in the largest number of cases. The average settlement period for completed cases is approximately 166 days, and the shortest settlement period is 35 days. The implementation of this system not only strengthens the protection of intellectual property rights during the drug review and approval stage, safeguards the legitimate rights and interests of innovative pharmaceutical companies and patentees, improves the pharmaceutical innovation environment, and further stimulates the enthusiasm of enterprises for R&D and innovation; it also promotes It encourages generic drug companies to carry out generic drug R&D activities, encourages them to launch patent challenges, promotes the early launch of generic drugs, and improves drug accessibility.

In the next step, our bureau will continue to work with relevant departments to increase intellectual property protection in the pharmaceutical field, stimulate innovation in the pharmaceutical industry through institutional innovation and departmental collaboration, and give more attention, support and protection to pharmaceutical innovation achievements. At the same time, our bureau will actively explore a medical intellectual property protection model that is more in line with national conditions, protect the rights and interests of rights holders and social public interests in accordance with the law, and promote new and good drugs to benefit the people more and better. Thanks.

Intellectual property pledge financing is an important means to relieve and empower small and medium-sized enterprises. In the introduction just now, we learned that the amount of pledge financing has grown very rapidly in recent years. Please tell me, what measures has the Intellectual Property Office taken to serve small and medium-sized enterprises and promote pledge financing? Thanks.

Thanks. In recent years, the State Intellectual Property Office has used intellectual property pledge financing as an important means to support the relief and empowerment of technology-based small, medium and micro enterprises, and has actively promoted it in conjunction with relevant departments. In 2022, the national patent and trademark pledge financing amount will reach 486.88 billion yuan, maintaining a growth rate of more than 40% for three consecutive years. Since the beginning of this year, the State Intellectual Property Office has made efforts to promote intellectual property pledge financing in various aspects such as strengthening business guidance, improving evaluation capabilities, and optimizing service measures. In the first half of the year, the national patent and trademark pledge financing amount reached 267.66 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 64.6%, and there were 16,000 pledge projects, a year-on-year increase of 56.9%. Among them, inclusive patent and trademark pledge projects with a pledge amount of less than 10 million yuan accounted for 72.5%, benefiting 11,000 small, medium and micro enterprises, a year-on-year increase of 54.4%, and the inclusive scope was further expanded. The relevant work measures are as follows.

The first is to strengthen business guidance. Together with the State Administration of Financial Supervision and the National Development and Reform Commission, we will further promote the action of intellectual property pledge financing to benefit enterprises in the park, guide local governments to improve risk sharing and compensation mechanisms, deepen government-bank cooperation, enrich pledge financing products and service models, and select and release the first batch of 20 intellectual property rights Typical cases of pledge financing and insurance will promote good practices and excellent experiences. Work with the People's Bank of China and other departments to improve the "Action Plan for Increasing Support for Financing of Science and Technology Enterprises", which will promote the transformation of intellectual property finance and strengthen intellectual property transactions as important contents.

The second is to improve evaluation capabilities. Cooperate with the People's Bank of China and the State Administration of Financial Supervision to formulate recommended national standards for the "Patent Evaluation Guidelines", improve the patent value analysis index system, and scientifically guide patent evaluation in scenarios such as pledge financing. In conjunction with the State Administration of Financial Supervision, China Construction Bank has been guided to carry out a special pilot project for internal assessment of intellectual property pledge financing from aspects such as optimizing supervision and data support, developing intelligent assessment models and tools, improving patent value assessment and risk control capabilities, reducing assessment costs and shortening assessment cycles. , enhance the enterprise’s sense of gain.

The third is to optimize service measures. Together with the State Administration of Financial Supervision, we will continue to deepen the pilot of paperless processing of the entire process of intellectual property pledge registration in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, give full play to the role of commitment production, eliminate the need to submit paper materials, and shorten the online review cycle to 1 working day. Enterprises and banks are satisfied Significant improvement. Cooperate with the National Development and Reform Commission to guide and operate the national intellectual property pledge information platform to serve financial institutions to facilitate access to patent and trademark pledge information.

Next, we will further improve policies, optimize services, continue to increase the inclusiveness and benefit of financial services such as intellectual property pledge financing, and support the healthy and high-quality development of small and medium-sized enterprises. Thanks.

We have noticed that the State Intellectual Property Office, together with relevant departments, has recently launched a special campaign to combat malicious registration and hoarding in the field of trademarks. Please introduce the main progress of the work, thank you.

At present, my country's green and low-carbon industry is developing rapidly. Recently, the Chinese invention team won the 2023 European Inventor Award "Non-European Patent Office Member State Award". The relevant patents also belong to the field of green and low-carbon technology. What is the status of patent innovation in the field of green and low-carbon technologies in my country?

Thanks. We have also paid attention to the award-winning information of Chinese enterprises, and would like to congratulate the award-winning enterprises and invention teams. This also reflects from one side that the innovative achievements of my country's green and low-carbon technologies are making positive contributions to global green development.

As this media friend mentioned, my country's green and low-carbon industry is currently developing rapidly. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has attached great importance to green development and made major strategic arrangements for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. Green and low-carbon technological innovation is the foundation and key to achieving the "dual carbon" goal. The State Intellectual Property Office attaches great importance to promoting green and low-carbon technology innovation. In accordance with the deployment of the "14th Five-Year Plan for National Intellectual Property Protection and Application", it strives to strengthen the statistical monitoring of green intellectual property rights, compile and publish the "Green and Low-carbon Technology Patent Classification System" and Relevant patent statistical analysis reports.

The latest statistics show that China is an important contributor to global green and low-carbon technology innovation. From 2016 to 2022, the total number of global green and low-carbon technology invention patent authorizations reached 558,000, of which 178,000 were authorized by Chinese patentees. The proportion reached 31.9%, and the average annual growth rate reached 12.5%, which was significantly higher than the overall global level of 2.5%.

From the perspective of innovation entities, a total of 13 Chinese companies or units have entered the top 50 global green and low-carbon technology invention patent authorizations, second only to Japan's 15 companies. These 13 include 8 enterprises and 5 scientific research institutes, including large central enterprises such as State Grid and China Southern Power Grid, as well as private enterprises represented by CATL and BYD.

Judging from the innovative and active energy storage technologies in recent years, the number of invention patent authorizations in the field of electrochemical energy storage in my country has increased from 4,300 in 2016 to 13,000 in 2022, with an average annual growth rate of 19.9%, accounting for 10% of the world's total. The proportion of the total volume increased from 35.5% to 44.9%. The patent awarded this time is an important innovation in the field of energy storage technology.

In the next step, the State Intellectual Property Office will conscientiously implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, continue to improve the green patent classification system, continue to strengthen green patent statistical analysis, actively promote the transformation and application of green technology patents, and better serve green development. Thanks.

This year is an important year for the "14th Five-Year Plan" to connect the past and the next. In the "14th Five-Year Plan", what are the national key special plans? Can you introduce the relevant situation in this regard? Thanks.

I just introduced that Chinese applicants are more active in applying for overseas intellectual property rights. I have also noticed that recent reports show that the number of intellectual property lawsuits filed by Chinese companies in the United States is generally on the rise. Please tell me, what work has the State Intellectual Property Office carried out in this regard to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese enterprises? Thanks.

Last year, the State Intellectual Property Office launched a comprehensive patent open licensing pilot project. My question is, what innovative measures have been taken over the past year, what results have been achieved in the pilot work, and when will the relevant systems be promoted and implemented across the country? Thanks.

Thank you for your question. Since last year, the State Intellectual Property Office has issued a work plan and taken multiple measures to comprehensively promote the pilot work of patent open licensing. The first is to strengthen policy coordination and school-enterprise linkage. Cooperate with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to launch the "Thousands of Schools and Thousands of Enterprises" collaborative innovation partnership action and the "Hundreds of Schools and Thousands of Projects" high-value patent cultivation and transformation action, and introduce several measures to support the innovation and development of specialized, specialized, and new small and medium-sized enterprises, which will encourage Open licensing of patents of universities and colleges to small and medium-sized enterprises is an important part of this. The second is to improve the market-based valuation mechanism. Published "Patent Open License Royalty Estimator to build a supply and demand database, use artificial intelligence, big data and other technologies to accurately compare and match open license patents and push them to small and medium-sized enterprises, organize roadshow docking activities, strengthen post-licensing industrialization guidance, and improve docking efficiency and implementation benefits.

Since the launch of the pilot, as of the end of June 2023, more than 1,500 patent holders from 22 provinces have participated in the pilot, and 35,000 patent pilot open licenses with marketability prospects and easy promotion and implementation have been selected and matched to 76,000 small and medium-sized enterprises. Enterprises have obtained nearly 8,000 licenses and achieved good results, showing the following characteristics: First, various entities actively participate. Nearly 600 universities and colleges and more than 900 enterprises participate in the pilot as patentees, including 110 national intellectual property pilot demonstration universities and many central enterprises. Second, institutional advantages have initially emerged. During the pilot, more than 1,100 patents were licensed to multiple companies, accounting for 40% of the total number of licensed patents. The "one-to-many" feature is obvious, effectively improving licensing efficiency. Third, the pilot results have been widely recognized. Relevant surveys show that 48.3% of patent holders are aware of the open patent licensing system, and 49.6% of patent holders are willing to adopt open licensing. Among them, nearly 90% of patent holders in universities are willing to adopt open licensing.

In the next step, the State Intellectual Property Office will summarize the pilot experience, strengthen policy coordination with relevant departments, and promote the full implementation of the patent open licensing system after the "Patent Law Implementing Rules" are promulgated and implemented. Thanks.

last question.

Regarding data intellectual property rights, the State Intellectual Property Office actively conducts research and promotes local pilot projects. What is the current progress of relevant work? What are your future work plans?