According to the report, since 2005, the average annual growth rate of patents in China automobile industry has reached 26%, among which, the number of patents published in China automobile industry in 20 15 exceeded 40,000. Among them, in the field of new energy vehicles, China's global patent application ranking has risen to the third place, accounting for 19% of the total application. "In the past five years, the number of intellectual property applications in China has exploded," Zhou Zhou said. "China has become a strong intellectual property country, but it is not yet a strong intellectual property country."
Zhou Zhou told reporters that at present, the patent applications of China's independent brand automobile enterprises are scattered, the overall layout and system planning have not yet been formed, and there is a greater possibility of patent barriers and infringement risks in the future. In addition, Zhou Zhou bluntly said that there is a problem of "big but not strong, many but not excellent" in the layout of intellectual property rights of automobile enterprises in China.
According to China National Intellectual Property Administration's information, up to now, the six major automobile companies in China (FAW, Dongfeng, SAIC, BAIC, Changan and Guangzhou Automobile) have applied for12,322 patents, of which the patent applications for invention announcement, invention authorization, utility model and design account for 19.7% and 7./kloc-0 respectively. The small proportion of invention patents shows that there is still a certain gap between the core technology level of China's automobile industry and foreign countries.
■ Building an intellectual property ecosystem
As Chang Limin, deputy inspector of the Science and Technology Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said: "Intellectual property rights have become an important resource and element for enterprises to compete on the global stage. During the' Thirteenth Five-Year Plan' period, it is very important to promote the landing of' Made in China 2025' and enhance the intellectual property awareness of China manufacturing enterprises. "
In recent years, the product quality and technical level of self-owned brand automobile enterprises have obviously improved, but only a few enterprises have set up independent intellectual property departments or institutions, and the rest rely on enterprise R&D and technicians to apply for and maintain patents. "Without the overall planning and system layout of intellectual property rights, it is difficult to effectively improve the intellectual property maintenance and operation level of China car companies." Zhou Zhou said.
"The automobile industry should establish an order-based patent technology research and development system, and use platforms, institutions, capital and industries to build an intellectual property operation ecosystem of the automobile industry." Zhou Zhou emphasized that car companies should further promote the integration of patents and standards on the basis of cultivating high-value patents of industrial core technologies, and at the same time pay attention to preventing intellectual property risks and promoting the industrialization of patented technologies.
■ Breakthrough or in the next 3~5 years
"When the layout and planning system of intellectual property rights are completed, we can make intellectual property rights a powerful weapon for independent brand car companies to enter the international market in the next step." Zhou Zhou told reporters. Earlier, Yin Chunlei, consultant of the Consulting and Training Center of Intellectual Property Publishing House, also expressed the same view in an interview: intellectual property rights should become the capital of automobile enterprises rather than the cost.
Japanese car companies have always understood this. According to the Nikkei News, in recent years, Japan's trademark licensing and technology export are on the rise. Due to the continuous growth of the export surplus of intellectual property rights, Japan's labor balance has quadrupled in the past decade, reaching 2.4 trillion yen (about 0. 14 trillion RMB). According to the data of Japan Statistics Bureau, the transportation equipment industry, including automobile manufacturing, is the main contributor of intellectual property income, most of which are technology-related patent fees and license fees.
It is worthy of recognition that, with the support of relevant departments, automobile industry organizations and third-party organizations are actively carrying out the overall planning and research of patent layout. At the same time, the awareness of intellectual property protection and operation management of automobile enterprises is also constantly improving. Zhou Zhou said that in the next three to five years, China's automobile industry is expected to make major breakthroughs and progress in the field of intellectual property rights.