As we all know, patents are granted by governments (including intergovernmental organizations) and have exclusive rights to inventions and creations within a country or region within a certain period of time. Through statistics on the number of patent applications, patent application types, and patent composition categories in the textile field, we can analyze the development trend of textile patents and understand the technological innovation in various textile technical fields.
1 my country’s patent applications as a whole show a gradual growth trend
As of 2019, my country’s patent applications as a whole show a gradual growth trend, with an average annual growth rate up to 26%.
2 Textile patents are generally at a disadvantage in the field of patent technology in my country
While my country’s textile exports have achieved rapid development, they have to face increasingly fierce competition in intellectual property protection. Developed countries and multinational companies frequently initiate textile intellectual property disputes and lawsuits, and domestic textile companies have been greatly affected. According to statistics, since my country’s accession to the WTO, Chinese companies have encountered major international patent disputes, with more than 20 lawsuits involving more than 1 billion US dollars in compensation. Intellectual property litigation is not only a legal method, but also a textile market strategy and competition method. Extracting the patent reserves of some domestic printing and dyeing companies, the patent reserves are uneven.
3 Reasons why textile patents are in a weak position
Innovation capabilities insufficient. Although my country’s textile industry has a complete industrial chain, a large industrial scale, and a large number of enterprises, it is still mainly based on contract processing. The product grade level is not high, the enterprise operation and management experience is relatively lacking, and technological development is mainly based on follow-up and imitation. The ability of independent innovation needs to be improved.
The awareness of intellectual property protection is weak. With industrial upgrading and transformation, technology has greatly improved, and enterprises’ independent innovation capabilities have gradually increased. Enterprises need to pay institutional attention to the protection of technology and other intellectual property rights.
Social public services are imperfect. Textile enterprises vary in size, with obvious characteristics of “small (small scale), scattered (relatively dispersed), and remote (located in small and medium-sized cities and far away from urban areas)”, and there are relatively few patent agencies. In addition, patent applications are related to Insufficient knowledge seriously frustrates the enthusiasm of enterprises that are already weak in intellectual property protection awareness.
Short of talent. Enterprises have a serious shortage of talents in intellectual property management, and society has relatively little training and demand for such talents. However, in recent years, with the guidance and support of national policies and the increasing awareness of corporate intellectual property protection, professionals in intellectual property-related fields have become a hot spot for employment.
4 The impact and role of patents on textile enterprises
Market competitive advantage
Having a patent improves the company’s market position. Related products are easy to promote and open to the market, which is conducive to winning in market competition. Companies with patent certificates have a legal monopoly on the technology they develop, which helps protect the sales share of the company’s products in the market and win customer loyalty and reputation. Patents can help companies improve product quality and business performance, thereby gaining a good reputation and establishing an image, and further enhance the company’s ability to withstand various risks.
Advantages of Financing Channels
Each provincial and municipal science and technology department and the central branch of the People’s Bank of China have policies and regulations. Enterprises can use patent certificates as pledges to obtain subsidized bank loans. Small and medium-sized enterprises can solve the problem of financing difficulties by passing patent certificates. Companies with patent certificates can also easily find venture capital, go public domestically and abroad, develop companies quickly, and accumulate wealth quickly.
Policy preferences
Companies with patent certificates have the opportunity to apply Becoming a high-tech enterprise can obtain innovation rewards and support from the government, and enjoy certain preferential policies in terms of taxation, talent introduction, loans, tariffs, etc.
Internal cohesion
Having patented technology is conducive to the use of technology The personnel maintain the advanced nature of technology, stimulate the enthusiasm of technicians to invent and create, enhance the confidence of sales staff in products, and enable the enterprise to form cohesion.
Long-term development
Patents enable companies to obtain protection for inventions, trademarks, designs or copyrights. In order to maintain patent competitiveness, enterprises must continuously strengthen technology investment and enhance innovation capabilities.��, and form good dynamic management of patent business operations, market development, and technology research and development, thereby having a good impact on the long-term development of the enterprise.
Overview, the impact and role of patents on textile enterprises is reflected in all aspects, forming the core competitiveness of enterprises. Conducive to the long-term development of the enterprise. </p
