On the 15th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the progress of intellectual property work in 2024. The reporter learned from the meeting that as of the end of 2024, the number of domestic enterprises with valid invention patents in China reached 497000, an increase of 69000 compared to the same period last year; The enterprise has 3.506 million valid invention patents, accounting for 73.7% of the total number of valid invention patents in China, an increase of 2.6 percentage points from the previous year. The position of the enterprise as the innovation subject continues to strengthen. Liang Xinxin, the head of the Strategic Planning Department of the China National Intellectual Property Administration, introduced that the transformation and application capacity of enterprises also continued to improve. The survey shows that the industrialization rate of invention patents in Chinese enterprises has steadily increased for five consecutive years. In 2024, the effective invention patent industrialization rate of Chinese enterprises will be 53.3%, an increase of 2 percentage points from the previous year. Among them, the industrialization rates of invention patents for small, medium, and micro enterprises reached 61.4%, 57.8%, and 36.7% respectively, all reaching new highs since the 14th Five Year Plan. At the same time, the level of patent industrialization in China's high-tech enterprises is higher. In 2024, the effective invention patent industrialization rate of national high-tech enterprises reached 61.2%, an increase of 3.6 percentage points from the previous year and 7.9 percentage points higher than the overall level of enterprises, effectively driving the improvement of the national patent industrialization rate. The average revenue from the industrialization of invention patents in Chinese enterprises is steadily increasing, with the average revenue from the industrialization of invention patents in strategic emerging industries and future industries being 8.0% and 30.3% higher than the average level of enterprises, respectively. From the perspective of national economic industries, the three industries with the highest industrialization rate of invention patents are electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing at 71.2%, specialized equipment manufacturing at 68.9%, and general equipment manufacturing at 67.5%, all of which are higher than the previous year's level. At the same time, Chinese enterprises have a stronger willingness to implement the industrialization of green technology patents, with nearly 50% of patent holders already carrying out or planning to carry out green technology innovation. Among the enterprises that have carried out green technology innovation, 72% plan to promote the implementation of green technology through self industrialization, and 22% plan to implement it through open licensing and other means. Data shows that in 2024, a total of 1.045 million invention patents were authorized, a year-on-year increase of 13.5%, and 75000 PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) international patent applications were accepted. As of the end of 2024, the effective number of domestic invention patents in China has reached 4.756 million, becoming the world's first country to exceed 4 million. The number of high-value invention patents per 10000 people in China has reached 14, achieving the expected goal of the national "14th Five Year Plan" ahead of schedule. In addition, the number of patent transfer license registrations for the whole year of 2024 reached 613000, a year-on-year increase of 29.9%. The number of patent transfer license registrations for universities and research institutions reached 76000, a year-on-year increase of 39.1%. From January to November, the total import and export volume of intellectual property usage fees in China reached 356.41 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%. In 2023, the added value of China's patent intensive industries will reach 16.87 trillion yuan, accounting for 13.04% of GDP, and the goal of the 14th Five Year Plan for intellectual property rights will be achieved ahead of schedule. (New Society)