Shenzhen Kexin learned from public data released by the Shenzhen Small and Medium Enterprises Service Bureau that in 2022, more than 8,000 specialized and new small and medium-sized enterprises in Shenzhen applied, and more than 4,800 of them passed. Applications for the 2023 Shenzhen Specialized and New Enterprise Certification are now open and will close on October 15th.
What are the benefits of becoming a "specialized, specialized and innovative" company?
1. Strong endorsement of national-level qualifications, and obtain the "Specialized, Specialized and New" certificate and plaque;
2. Financing, loans, and “specialized, specialized, new” enterprises are very likely to be one of the review conditions;
3. To be listed on the Beijing Stock Exchange, "specialization, expertise, innovation" is the basic requirement.
Specialized and special new manufacturing industry has formed a complete cultivation system:
Small and medium-sized enterprises -> Innovative small and medium-sized enterprises -> "Specialized, specialized and innovative" small and medium-sized enterprises -> Specialized, specialized and innovative "little giant" enterprises -> Individual champion enterprises in manufacturing industry
Intellectual property rights are an important evaluation criterion for measuring the innovation capabilities and levels of specialized and new enterprises.
"The soul of a specialized, specialized, new enterprise is innovation." The quantity and quality of intellectual property rights such as patents, copyrights, trade secrets, etc., especially the accumulation of high-quality invention patents, and their utilization benefits, are key to evaluating specialized, specialized, innovative enterprises. An important indicator of innovation ability and level.
The four key criteria for identifying high-quality small and medium-sized enterprises are economic benefits, professional level, innovation ability, and operation management. Among them, innovation capabilities require enterprises to have a certain amount of intellectual property rights, and high-quality small and medium-sized enterprises at different levels have different patent requirements.
The difference is as follows:
(1) Apply for "Innovative Small and Medium Enterprises":
The number of valid intellectual property rights related to the company’s leading products (full score 20 points)
A. More than 1 Class I high-value intellectual property (20 points)
B. More than 1 Class I intellectual property rights independently developed (15 points)
C. One or more Class I intellectual property rights (10 points)
D. More than 1 type II intellectual property rights (5 points)
E. None (0 points)
(2) Apply for "Specialized, New, Small and Medium Enterprises":
The number of valid intellectual property rights related to the company’s leading products (full score: 10 points)
A. More than 1 Class I high-value intellectual property (10 points)
B. Independent research and development of more than 1 Class I intellectual property rights (8 points)
C. More than 1 Class I intellectual property rights (6 points)
D. More than 1 type II intellectual property rights (2 points)
E. None (0 points)
(3) Apply for specialized, special and new “little giant” enterprises:
It has more than 2 Class I intellectual property rights related to leading products, which have been actually applied and have produced economic benefits.
Intellectual property rights are a reliable guarantee and valuable resource for maintaining the continuous innovation capabilities of specialized and innovative enterprises. Strengthening the management and utilization of intellectual property rights, establishing an intellectual property risk prevention and dispute response mechanism, and strict enforcement of intellectual property protection can provide strong protection for the innovative achievements of specialized and new enterprises, transfer and transform intellectual property rights, and realize the commercial value of intellectual property rights to feed back innovation. Activities provide strong incentives and guarantees.
Intellectual property requirements are a must
No matter what kind of application an enterprise applies for, intellectual property requirements are definitely a must. Therefore, companies must plan their patent rights in advance.
Intellectual property rights are divided into Class I intellectual property rights, Class I high-value intellectual property rights and Class II intellectual property rights:
Class I intellectual property rights
The so-called "Class I intellectual property rights" include invention patents (including national defense patents), new plant varieties, national crop varieties, national new drugs, national first-level protected varieties of traditional Chinese medicine, and integrated circuit layout design exclusive rights (all of which do not include untransferred patents). Intellectual property rights for more than 1 year).
Class I high-value intellectual property
The so-called "Class I high-value intellectual property rights" must meet one of the following conditions:
1. Invention patents with similar patent rights overseas or other Class I intellectual property rights that generate income overseas. Patents are limited to invention patents authorized by G20 members, Singapore and the European Patent Office after substantive examination.
2. Class I intellectual property rights maintained for more than 10 years.
3. Class I intellectual property rights that achieve higher pledge financing amounts.
4. Class I intellectual property rights that have won the National Science and Technology Award or the China Patent Award.
Class II intellectual property rights
The so-called "Class II intellectual property rights" include software copyrights related to leading products (excluding trademarks), utility model patents or design patents that have been maintained for more than 2 years after authorization (both do not include intellectual property rights transferred for less than 1 year).
At the same time, intellectual property is also a link between specialized and special new enterprises to connect innovation centers such as manufacturing innovation centers, universities and scientific research institutions, and integrate into the industry-university-research collaborative innovation network. It is conducive to clearly define intellectual property ownership and establish an intellectual property benefit distribution mechanism. Promote the dissemination and transfer of cutting-edge industrial technologies and key common technologies to specialized and new enterprises.