关于建立高效、低廉专利制度的思考和建议

问题的提出 在全球经济一体化的进程中，随着关税壁垒的逐步拆除，技术壁垒的作用凸显，知识产权成为跨国公司争夺市场的主要手段，而专利是其中最重要的手段之一。随着越来越多的企业持续加大专利投入，全球专利申请量急剧增长，导致大多数国家和地区的专利局都不同程度地面临着专利案件的积压问题。这种压力甚至受到立法者的关注。另一方面，专利申请数量的增加，也使申请入越来越无法承受相对昂贵的专利申请费用和後续的维持费用。这两方面的问题都极大地影响了申请专利的积极性。

Thoughts on and Recommendations for Establishing Efficient and Costeffective Patent System

Raising of the issue In the process of global economic integration, along with the gradual removal of tariff barriers and the obvious role of technical barriers, the intellectual property has become a major means of multinational corporations to seize market, and the patent right is one of the most important means. More and more corporations＇ constantly increasing investment in connection with patent has resulted in rapid increase in the number of patent applications in the world, confronting patent offices of most countries and regions, to various degree, with too many patent applications on their shelves to be prosecuted, and it is a pressure that has even drawn legislators＇ attention.