Patents per 10,000 citizens is a comprehensive index to measure the quality of scientific research output and market application level of a country or region. Since this year, the number of invention patents per 10,000 citizens in Suzhou has continued to grow, and now it has reached the level of developed countries.
Iron Technology in Suzhou, a company engaged in intelligent medical research and development manufacturing, has such a patent wall. As long as an employee obtains the national patent, he or she could receive an award and have the certificate hung on the wall.
Zhang Chunlan, director of intellectual property at Iron Technology, said that there is a reward of 4,000 yuan for a patent, and gave us an example of one researcher who has received 100,000 yuan in a year for his 25 applications.
Since 2007, Iron Technology has applied for 598 patents, with more than one application per person. The company has also been recognized as a national intellectual property advantage enterprise. “This has created a patent barrier for industry competitors,” Ms. Zhang said.
By the end of February, the patents per 10,000 citizens in Suzhou has reached 53.81, with an increase of 0.81 over the end of last year, which has reached the level of developed countries. Behind the continuous rise, Suzhou is accelerating the development of intellectual property agency, consultation, evaluation and other service agencies, and is strengthening the cultivation of patent engineers, patent agents and other scarce talents. Suzhou actively carries out "zero clearing" for enterprises above the designated level that do not have invention patents. At present, patents from industries account for most of the applications, taking up more than 90% of the whole.
According to Tang Jinxi, director of relevant business division of Suzhou municipal market supervision bureau (intellectual property office), a large number of high-end talents, including innovation and entrepreneurship talents from Gusu has been introduced in the past two years, and the number of patent applications is also relatively large. For enterprises that have obtained the authorization of the first invention patent, 10 invention patents, and more than 100 invention patents, there is a reward policy in that year.
