The 20 award-winning projects have added a total of 47.765 billion yuan in new sales and 1.942 billion yuan in new exports. The protection and industrialization of Wuxi's intellectual property rights have enhanced the "confidence" of corporate competition. The reporter was informed that the selection results of the 14th Patent Awards in our city were announced recently, and 5 patent gold awards, 5 silver awards, and 10 excellence awards were selected. Wuxi Chipmate Microelectronics Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Hengxin Technology Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Aerospace Dawei Technology Co., Ltd. won the Patent Gold Award, Silver Award and Excellence Award.
As the award with the highest "gold content" in the patent field in Wuxi, more than 260 award-winning patents have been selected for this award in the past 14 years. Among the award-winning projects this year, a total of 632 high-value series patent applications were generated around the award-winning patents, 63 patents of the same family were declared through the PCT channel, and 12 units established a patent pool, and the number of patents in the patent pool reached 732. Patent-intensive industries have stronger innovation capabilities, higher technological content, and outstanding market competitiveness. The cumulative profit of the 20 award-winning projects is 5.509 billion yuan, and the average annual growth rate of most enterprises is higher than the industry average.
"Only driven by continuous innovation can we provide a steady stream of kinetic energy for the high-quality development of enterprises." The relevant person in charge of Wuxi Dike Electronic Materials Co., Ltd. introduced that in order to maintain product and brand advantages and continuously improve competitiveness, enterprises have always attached importance to technology research and development continuous investment in As of the first half of last year, the company's research and development investment reached more than 50 million yuan, taking a leading position in the industry. For the research and development of conductive silver paste for solar cells, it has obtained the certification of intellectual property management system, further consolidating its competitive advantage. In the first three quarters of last year, the company's operating income increased by 13.3% year-on-year.
Enhancing patent protection and patent utilization allows enterprises to tap the added value of patents more than ever. This time, 4 units pledged financing from banks through award-winning patents, and the financing amount reached 29.08 million yuan. Among them, Ennaki Intelligent Technology, which focuses on the field of advanced packaging such as sensor modules, has applied for 91 intellectual property rights as of December last year, including 7 invention patents. With more and more orders, the company used the patent in hand to borrow 12 million yuan from the bank to expand the plant and upgrade production equipment to expand production capacity.
"Let intellectual property rights support innovation and empower development, which is an inevitable requirement to promote the high-quality development of urban industries. The patent award further stimulates the enthusiasm of enterprises for innovation and creation, and promotes the transformation of intellectual property patent achievements." Intellectual Property Service Office of Municipal Market Supervision Bureau Director Zhou Jian introduced that in recent years, focusing on the key industrial clusters of the "465" modern industrial system, the city's patent layout has been continuously optimized. Through the implementation of high-value patent cultivation plans, enterprises, universities, scientific research institutes and high-end intellectual property service agencies have been promoted and guided. In-depth docking has formed a group of high-value patents and patent portfolios that lead and support industrial development, have high levels of innovation, stable rights, and strong market competitiveness. As of the end of November last year, the number of invention patents granted in the city was 7,798, and the number of effective invention patents in the digital economy industry accounted for 37.61% of the total effective invention patents in the same region, ranking third in the province.