Could government lead the way? Evaluation of China's patent subsidy policy on patent quality

Economic policy, regulatory policy, or soft policy: Which category of policy can effectively improve the green innovation of Chinese wind power industry?

“…Although we found the positive relationship between public policy and green innovation, we still have a very incomplete view on the effects of wind power policies, because the prior literature has recognized the quality difference between innovations and criticized the approach of treating innovations as homogeneous (Chin et al, 2021). This approach emphasizes the change in the scale of innovations and conceals the value difference of innovations, which may lead to the over‐ or underestimation of policy effect (Lin et al, 2021). In order to systematically evaluate the impacts of different categories of wind power policies on green innovation, the heterogeneity in the effects of wind power policies is investigated from dimensions of green innovation quality.…”

Effects of Patent Policy on Outputs and Commercialization of Academic Patents in China: A Spatial Difference-in-Differences Analysis

“…After the central government of China issued the Outline of the National Intellectual Property Strategy in 2008, several provinces have introduced and implemented patent support policies on funding applications and patent creation, applications, protections, and management, which have promoted local scientific and technological progress and economic development. These provincial-level patent policies aim to promote patent creation, patent applications, patent management, patent services, and patent protection [14]. For example, in terms of promoting patent creation, some provinces provide incentives through direct grants to patent applicants, and in terms of patent applications, some provinces have encouraged commercial banks to increase credit for patented technology industrialization projects, and guarantee agencies to give priority to financing guarantees for patented technology industrialization projects.…”

“…The mainstream view is that patent policies have a positive impact on patent output [20,28]. There is a positive relationship between the implemented patent subsidy policies and the number of patents [14], and public patenting-promoting policies contribute effectively to the motivation for regional utility patenting activities [29]. Similarly, patent policies such as government subsidies can encourage patent filings directly [24].…”

“…Universities are important bases for scientific and technological innovation, and the ultimate goal of university patent operations is to transform academic patents into actual productivity [12,13]. Therefore, many countries have enacted a series of patent policies to improve the output and commercialization of academic patents [14][15][16][17]. However, researchers have not yet reached a consensus on the impact of government patent incentive policies on academic patent activities [18][19][20].…”

“…This study used provincial statistics to estimate the effects of patent policies on academic patent activities based on the specific characteristics of incentive patent policies implemented by China's provincial governments. The two purposes of the patent incentive policies for universities are to increase the output of academic patents and to increase the degree of commercialization of academic patents [14]. Therefore, academic patent activities here include two aspects of activities: academic patent production and commercialization.…”