Regulations of Jiangsu Province on Patent Promotion (revised on 20 19)

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to encourage and protect inventions, cultivate independent intellectual property rights and promote the construction of innovative provinces, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Patent Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and other relevant laws and administrative regulations, combined with the actual situation of this province. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to patent promotion and related activities within the administrative area of this province. Article 3 The patent promotion work shall follow the principles of encouraging creation, effective utilization, scientific management and reasonable protection, and promote the promotion of the independent innovation ability of this province. Article 4 The local people's governments at or above the county level shall strengthen their leadership over patent work, incorporate patent work into the national economic and social development plan, establish and improve the coordination mechanism for patent work, encourage and support patent creation and application, strengthen patent management and protection, and promote the development of patent undertakings. Article 5 The local people's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall strengthen patent publicity and education, raise the patent awareness of the whole society, and create a good environment for promoting patent development. Article 6 The department in charge of patent work of the local people's government at or above the county level (hereinafter referred to as the patent administrative department) is the competent department in charge of patent work within its administrative region.

Development and reform, science and technology, finance, taxation, education, public security and other departments shall, according to their respective responsibilities, do a good job in patent management. Seventh to encourage and support all kinds of industry associations to formulate and implement the patent promotion related management system, to carry out inter-industry exchanges, inter-industry cooperation, market development and other activities, to promote patent application, protection and application. Chapter II Incentive Measures Article 8 The local people's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall strengthen the guidance and services for the patent work of enterprises and institutions, encourage and support enterprises and institutions to formulate and implement patent development strategies, promote the implementation of relevant patent management norms, and improve their independent innovation capability and patent application level; Cultivate and develop patent intermediary service institutions and guide them to provide high-quality and standardized patent intermediary services for enterprises and institutions. Article 9 The local people's governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments shall strengthen the construction of patent information service platforms, encourage and support the establishment of various professional patent information databases, and promote the enjoyment, development and utilization of patent information. Tenth local people's governments at or above the county level shall set up special funds for patents for the following matters:

(1) subsidizing patent applications;

(2) Promoting the implementation of patents;

(three) to carry out patent publicity and personnel training;

(four) to assist in the protection of patent rights;

(5) Supporting the development of patent intermediary service institutions;

(6) Other patent promotion matters.

Special funds for patents shall be earmarked for special purposes. The specific measures for the administration of use shall be formulated by the patent administration department at or above the county level in conjunction with the finance department at the same level. Article 11 The provincial people's government shall set up patent awards to reward units and individuals that have achieved good economic and social benefits or made outstanding achievements in patent work in the province. Twelfth local people's governments at or above the county level shall support the creation and application of independent patented technology. Under the same conditions, special funds for patents shall give priority to supporting patent implementation projects with independent patented technologies. Thirteenth to encourage and support institutions of higher learning, scientific research institutes and production enterprises to carry out multi-channel and multi-form cooperation, joint research and development and implementation of * * patented technology. Fourteenth the use of government financial funds to arrange and set up venture capital funds and venture capital institutions should increase investment in patented technology industrialization projects.

Encourage commercial banks to increase credit investment in patented technology industrialization projects, and local finance at or above the county level can arrange certain funds in the patent special funds to discount the patented technology industrialization loan projects; Encourage guarantee institutions to give priority to providing financing guarantee for patented technology industrialization projects. Fifteenth colleges and universities are encouraged to popularize patent knowledge and cultivate patent talents by bringing patent knowledge into the curriculum education system and setting up intellectual property professional education institutions. Education and other administrative departments should give support. Sixteenth to encourage and support enterprises and institutions to increase investment in patented technology and product research and development.

If the research and development expenses incurred by an enterprise for developing new technologies, new products and new processes are not included in the profits and losses of the current period when calculating the taxable income, they shall be deducted according to 50% of the research and development expenses on the basis of factual deduction according to regulations; Intangible assets shall be amortized at 150% of the cost of intangible assets. Article 17 If a patent intermediary service institution is engaged in patent technology transfer, patent technology development and related patent technology services and technical consulting business, and the technology transaction contract is confirmed by the local science and technology and patent administrative department according to their division of responsibilities and reported to the tax authorities for the record, its income may be exempted from business tax according to law.

All kinds of national fees and international patent fees collected and remitted by patent intermediary service institutions in agency business shall be deducted according to law when calculating the taxable turnover of business tax. Eighteenth enterprises, institutions and individuals are encouraged to promote the implementation of patents by means of patent shares, pledge, transfer and licensing according to law. If the investment is made at the price of patent right, it can account for 70% of the registered capital of the company at the highest; Those who transfer the patent right or license others to exploit the patent can enjoy tax preferences according to law.

New products formed in the process of patent implementation enjoy preferential policies to support new product development in accordance with relevant regulations.