Research On The Influence Mechanism Of Intellectual Property Service On University Patent Technology Transfer

With the increasing number of patent applications in universities,a series of problems such as low quality,low commercial value and low technical maturity of university patent achievements have gradually become prominent.As a result,most university patent achievements are difficult to be transformed into real productive forces and thus fail to play a supporting role in the implementation of innovation-driven development strategy.In response to these problems,the existing studies mainly discussed how the technology transfer offices and science parks promoted university patent technology transfer from the perspective of the internal organization of the university,but neglected the important influence of the external market-oriented intellectual property service agencies on the process of university patent technology transfer,which led to the lack of corresponding theoretical support for the development of this direction.In view of this,based on the national innovation system theory,the technology transfer theory and the holographic theory of knowledge activity system,this paper comprehensively uses literature research,interview research,factor analysis and regression analysis,from the perspective of external intellectual property service agencies,to analyze the influence mechanism of intellectual property services on university patent technology transfer.The conclusions are of great theoretical significance and practical value to the development of intellectual property service industry and the promotion of university patent technology transfer.The main work of this research is divided into three aspects:First,completing the definition of the conceptual connotation and dimensional structure of intellectual property service,and realizing the development of measurement scales of intellectual property service.Based on the systematic review of existing literatures and the holographic theory of knowledge activity system,this paper integrated the business fields and specific service contents of intellectual property service organizations,so as to preliminarily explore the conceptual connotation and composition dimension of intellectual property service.Then,following the standardized paradigm of scale development,qualitative research interview data was used to confirm and test the measurement scales of intellectual property service,and then the measurement scales of intellectual property services with good reliability and validity were developed.The results show that intellectual property service is a concept that includes three dimensions which consisting of vocational skills service,commercial operation service and value-added business service.The corresponding measurement scale is also composed of the three dimensions,and the three dimensions can be respectively measured by 4,3,4measurement items in total of 11 measurement items.Second,exploring the influence mechanism and path of intellectual property service on university patent technology transfer.Using procedural grounded theory research method to organize and analyze the in-depth interview data of 26 interviewees through open coding,axial coding,and selective coding,this study built the theoretical framework of influence mechanism of intellectual property service on university patent technology transfer that contained eight main categories which including vocational skills service,commercial operation service,valueadded business service,patent quality,relationship quality,transfer literacy,university patent technology transfer performance and policy environment.Then,explore the influence mechanism of intellectual property service on university patent technology transfer including three influence paths which consist of vocational skills service-patent quality-university patent technology transfer performance,commercial operation service-relationship quality-university patent technology transfer performance and value-added business service-transfer literacy-university patent technology transfer performance and one moderating effect of policy environment.Thus,this paper opened the "black box" of the relationship between intellectual property service and university patent technology transfer.Third,empirically testing and revising the theoretical model of the influence mechanism of intellectual property service on university patent technology transfer.In order to reduce and eliminate the universality and applicability problems of qualitative research results,this study introduced a large sample of empirical research to test and modify the theoretical model of the influence mechanism of intellectual property service on university patent technology transfer.The results showed that vocational skills service,commercial operation service,value-added business service could be passed through the patent quality(patent quality ambiguity,patent quality legality,patent quality commerciality),relationship quality(cooperative willingness,cooperative relationship,conflict coordination,information symmetry),transfer literacy(transfer inclination,receive willingness,transfer ability,absorptive capacity),which in turn had an influence on the performance of university patent technology transfer.Among them,vocational skills service and value-added business service could also directly affect the performance of university patent technology transfer.Secondly,except for transfer ability,the other influencing factors all had a significant impact on the performance of university patent technology transfer.Finally,policy environment had a significant positive moderating effect on the relationship between intellectual property service and influencing factors.