The Analysis For Functions Of Patent System Based On Patentometrics

The patent system has been established more than 20 years in our country. During thisperiod, China patent system developed quickly and provided safeguard to the process ofconstructing innovative country. With the advance in international competition, patent drawsattention from the developed countries and becomes the competing tools getting competitivepower of these countries.There are many firms in our country don't realize the basic and extend functions ofpatent system, then can't apply patent system effectively and will be at a disadvantage incompetition. In view of the present situation, this article tries to get new cognition of patentsystem's functions with quantitative analysis and puts out corresponding suggestion andstrategy.The basic functions of patent system can be concluded in two ways: property protectionand information disclosure. Furthermore, the basic functions can be expand in four directions:motivating innovation, promoting competitive power, sharing and spreading knowledge,regarding patent document as intelligence. The methods and tools provided by patetometricscan meet the demand of analysis on patent system functions and make firm foundation onpatent system research.Through evaluating the patent protection level by related index, this article discloses theinteraction between patent protection and patent output. Then leads the protection index intoprocess of holding patent decision and put out another two factors affect the patent output andhold.Using the basic items in patent document, this article makes quantitative analysis onknowledge sharing and expanding. The analysis shows there are a lot of knowledge beingshared and exchanged in the process of patent activity. The process of patent citation canimprove knowledge sharing and expanding among firms and countries, also can improvepatent to draw knowledge from basic research.By constructing evaluating index based on patent document, this article providesmethods and tools for firms and countries to judge competition environment and makestrategic policy. From the environment around our country, this article concludes thatimproving self-innovation, forming self-dominated intellectual property right, making statestrategy would promote our country's international competitive power.