Analyzing the patent applications of top 10 hospitals in China during 2008-2017 / 中华医学科研管理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective Analyzing the patent applications of top 10 hospitals in China during past 10 years,to provide reference for hospital management departments and researchers,propose possible suggestions.Methods Selecting the top 10 hospitals of China,and searching their patent application data during the period of 2008-2017 based on China Intellectual Property Right Net.Analyze the age distribution,patent type distribution,patent effective rate,IPC distribution,as well as the relationship between patents and the CSCD papers.Results The top 10 hospitals have applied 5430 patents in past 10 years,including 2188 inventions,3197 utility models and 45 design patents.Conclusions Patent applications increased year by year.The main direction of the patents is innovation and improvement to surgical instruments or technology.The level of patents is not high,utility model patent is in the majority.Hospitals need to put equal emphasis on patents and papers.Proposed suggestions including:improving the patent consciousness of medical staff;cooperating with the patent agency;improving the quality of patents on creativity;encouraging staffs to apply invention patent,and increasing the proportion of invention patents when promotion and evaluation.