[目的/意义] 英国是专利开放许可制度的开创者,验证其制度的实施效果,探寻其制度的利弊,有助于我国对于该制度的科学引入和实施。[方法/过程] 利用Innography数据库,对英国开放许可专利从数量和质量两个维度进行深入分析,数量分析包括时间、主体和技术领域的分析,质量分析主要是专利强度分析。[结果/结论] 2003-2019年英国开放许可专利年均登记量仅有1 364件;在有效开放许可专利中,92%由前20位国外大企业拥有,高校仅有16件,技术集中于汽车领域和计算机软件领域,足以说明该制度的整体吸引力有限且不均衡。但是,开放许可专利的质量并不低,况且有效开放许可专利中还有9%的高强度专利和少量的标准专利,侵权并无明显增加,比理论推导的结果要好。基于此,我国引入该制度时应该注意:年费的优惠幅度、许可费的开放性、辅助激励机制的效果以及我国高校和标准专利的适用性。
[Purpose/significance] The United Kingdom(UK) is considered as the first country adopted Licences of Right(LOR) system. In order to scientifically introduce this system to our country, it's necessary to verify the implementation effects of the UK's system and weigh its pros and cons. [Method/process] This paper makes an in-depth analysis on the quantity and quality of the UK's LOR patents by using Innography database. The quantity analysis includes three dimensions:time, subject of right and field of technology. The quality analysis focuses on patent strength. [Result/conclusion] The average annual number of patents that made a LOR entry is only 1364 in 2003-2019. Among the valid LOR patents, 92% of them are owned by the top 20 patentees which are foreign big enterprises, only 16 patents are owned by the universities, and their technology is concentrated in the automotive field and computer software field. It is sufficient to show that the overall attraction of the LOR system is limited and unbalanced. However, the LOR patent quality is not low. Moreover, among the valid LOR patents, there is 9% high strength patents, a few number of standard patents and few infringement. These are better than the theoretical deduction. Based on this, when this system is introduced to our country, four aspects need to be considered prudently:the discount rate of patent renewal fee, the flexible settlement of royalty, the effect of other supporting incentive mechanisms, and the applicability of Chinese universities and standard patents to this system.
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