On Oct. 29th 2015, the Seminar of “Patenting Surge and Improved Innovation Capability in China: Improvement or Problem?” was co-organized by China Institute for Science and Technology Policy at Tsinghua University and Intellectual Property Development and Research Center of State Intellectual Property Office. Deputy Director of the office, Associate Professor Liang Zheng hosted the meeting. Other scholars who participated in the meeting were Professor Can Huang (Institute for IP Management, School of Management, Zhejiang University), Professor Wang Liying (Zhejiang University of Technology), Associate Professor Jing Ran (University of International Business and Economics), Associate Research Fellow Chen Kaihua (Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences), and Associate Research Fellow Mao Hao (Intellectual Property Development and Research Center of State Intellectual Property Office). They spoke under the themes of current trend in patent and innovation and policy development. The topics included research and development framework of patenting economics in China, value chain of patent, patent applications in China and overseas, patent litigation strategy and activities, saturation of standard essential patents, situation of IP-intensive industry in Zhejiang Province, innovation of new-energy industries, synergy of patent economics and patent policy and so on. Inspector Mao Jinsheng from Coordination and Protection Department, Deputy Director Yang Zhe from the Research Center and personnel from other department of the State Intellectual Property Office attended the meeting and exchanged ideas with the speakers.

In Professor Can Huang’s presentation, he firstly introduced the concept of patent saturation from the angle of standard and standard essential patent as well as built a theoretical model to define the saturated point and optimal point of patent application. Then he estimated the patent saturation from the examples of DVD player and H.264 Standard. In the end of his presentation, Professor Can Huang provided policy recommendation.