A Study on Patent Trust in China

Abstract

Although China is a big country for patent applications, the level of patent conversion is still low. The patent trust is an important form of patent operation. With the advantages of the trust, it is rapidly developing worldwide. By learning from the development of patent trusts both at home and abroad, concludes that there are plenty of problems of patent trusts in China, such as unclear ownership, imperfect valuation mechanism, unreasonable investment portfolio, week distribution mechanism of benefit, and incomplete risk security mechanism. On the basis of the contents discussed above, giving suggestions to patentee, trust company and the government.

Keywords：Patent trust, Patent right, China patent status