Status survey of patent applications among scientific researchers at tertiary hospitals in Nanjing and analysis of the influencing factors / 中华医院管理杂志

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Objective@#To investigate the status of patent knowledge awareness and applications, and analyze influencing factors among scientific researchers in tertiary hospitals in Nanjing, to provide reference for enhancing the intellectual property right awareness and technological innovation of the hospitals.@*Methods@#A questionnaire survey was conducted with cluster stratified random sampling among scientific researchers at 10 tertiary hospitals in Nanjing in May 2018. The frequency and percentage of the enumeration data were evaluated by chi-square, CMH chi-square, and Fisher′s exact test, rank sum test was used for ranked data, and multi-factor logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the influencing factors of patent application.@*Results@#In this survey, 34.16% of scientific researchers were highly familiar with patent knowledge, and 36.63% were familiar basically. The awareness rate of hospital management system was 49.75% and patent application rate was 51.98%. The influencing factors of patent application included hospital type, specialty, professional title, and the familiarity with patent-related knowledge.@*Conclusions@#Currently, the knowledge awareness of patents is insufficient among the researchers in tertiary hospitals in Nanjing, and the rate of patent application is also low. Therefore, the hospitals should take the problems more seriously by setting up a patent department, for training researchers, and strengthening the management of patents.