The Study On Enterprise Patent Operation Risk

Chinese patent system has been running for more than twenty years, which accelerates the innovation of science and technology, the development of culture and the prosperity of market. It is well known that possessing patent can make enterprise more competitive. More and more enterprises realize the importance of patent operation and take action. According to the principle of risk theory,patent operation risk exists objectively. Patent operation has uncertain factor at all stages from searching patent information,R&D,application to marketing. It is an important task for the circle of theory to help enterprises know the risks of patent operation and the method to avoid them. So, the paper focuses on the theory of patent operation risk.The paper is based on the theory of management, IPR, risk and system project. According to these theory, the paper give definition to patent operation risk in theory. By analyzing the risk factor and risk form mechanism,the paper get a general knowledge of the patent operation and classify and illustrate the risk factor according the enterprise control degree. Patent operation is clarified into four stages of patent information searching, R&D, patent application, and patent marketing.The paper discusses the identification method, cause and character to every stage's risk of patent operation and give some measures on risk-avoiding management and study the patent applicant system aiming to avoid the risk Meanwhile, the paper give some viewpoints on patent culture and patent–avoiding mechanism.