According to news from the Fujian Provincial Market Supervision Bureau (Intellectual Property Office), recently, Fujian Province has actively guided and promoted the intellectual property trading service platform of the Strait Equity Exchange Center? Patent Open Licensing Zone? to be launched online, and the first batch of centralized releases Collected information on 60 open licensed invention patents from Quanzhou Normal University and other enterprises and institutions. This is the first batch of open-licensed patents issued by Fujian Province after the introduction of the patent open licensing system in the Patent Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the current "Patent Law") that came into effect on June 1, 2021.

The first patent open licensing transaction landed in Quanzhou

Thanks to the information channel established by the above-mentioned "Patent Open Licensing Zone" and the joint promotion of many parties, recently, the province's first patent open licensing transaction Licensing transaction landed in Quanzhou. Fujian Huixing Paint Technology Development Co., Ltd. in Quanzhou became the licensee of this transaction and successfully obtained the license from Fujian Provincial Product Quality Inspection Institute, Xiamen Baianxing New Materials Co., Ltd., Fuzhou Jinbo Building Materials Co., Ltd., Fuzhou Dingcheng Information Technology Co., Ltd. has the right to use an invention patent for a detection method for yellowing risk assessment of chemical building materials.

Unveiling the mystery of patent open licensing

Compared with traditional patent licensing, patent open licensing is a brand-new system that is not yet well known. This system has been added to the current Patent Law. For this system, we can quickly grasp it from two levels: what is it and how is it. From the perspective of "what is", in patent open licensing, the patentee publicly declares through the national patent management department that it is willing to license any unit or individual to implement its patent, and clearly states the license fee, license period and other conditions, which can realize the rights holder's Uniform, fast and easy "one-to-many" licensing. From a "how to" perspective, patent open licensing has the advantages of high fairness, fast information dissemination, and low transaction costs. It is conducive to promoting the connection between supply and demand, improving negotiation efficiency, reducing institutional transaction costs, and promoting the full enjoyment of innovation results. ***use. If we compare the relationship between the patentee and the licensee: traditional patent licensing is similar to the "1+1" dialogue in WeChat, while patent open licensing is similar to the "Moments" in WeChat, enabling "1+1" initiation. +NFollow up?.

Make good use of the institutional tool of patent open licensing

Patent open licensing opens a new channel for patent transformation and application for university scientific research institutes and scientific and technological innovation enterprises. Taking the successful signing of the province's first patent open license as an example, multiple patent holders such as the Fujian Product Quality Inspection Institute realized the economic and market value of the patent at a lower cost and found upstream and downstream industries. chain partners, effectively stimulating the willingness of more patent holders to open licenses.

For Quanzhou, which has a developed private economy, many small and medium-sized enterprises, and a rapidly developing manufacturing industry, the implementation of the patent open licensing system is even more important. It can help small and medium-sized enterprises with relatively insufficient R&D capabilities to develop in a wider field. Obtain patented technology within the scope and solve problems such as blocked channels, insufficient supply, and difficulty in obtaining patented technology information for market entities. Take the Fujian Huixing Paint Technology Development Co., Ltd. as an example. As one of the leaders in the field of household coatings in the construction industry in Quanzhou, the company used open patent licenses to quickly obtain the required patents and overcome previously confusing technical issues. , and gained new development opportunities.

In the next step, the Quanzhou Municipal Bureau of Market Regulation (Intellectual Property Office) will further implement the Fujian Provincial Bureau of Market Regulation (Intellectual Property Office)'s "Fujian Province Patent Open Licensing Pilot Work Plan" and "Fujian Province Patent Open Licensing Pilot Work Plan" "Guidelines for Licensing (Pilot) Acceptance Business", continue to make efforts in soliciting pilot projects, releasing information to the outside world, promoting supply and demand docking, guiding pricing, improving incentive measures, and establishing a fast, convenient and efficient information release and supply and demand docking mechanism. Promote the transformation of patents into small and medium-sized enterprises faster and better, promote the transformation of "intellectual property" of university scientific research institutes and scientific and technological innovation enterprises into "assets", and effectively support innovation-driven strategies and high-quality economic and social development and transcendence.