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Compared to Yang Cheng, Wan He was most impressed by Zhou Min's plan.

Unlike the complex work of the Science and Technology Bureau, the work of the Intellectual Property Office is relatively simple.

The performance evaluation indicators for the Intellectual Property Office are relatively simple.

This mainly refers to the number of applications and authorized registrations for trademarks, copyrights, patents, etc.

Patent applications are the most complex, especially invention patents, which is also the focus of their intellectual property office's work.

In order to raise public awareness of intellectual property rights and to protect domestic intellectual property rights, their department also needs to actively cooperate with the Science and Technology Bureau to promote and implement policies and benefits related to intellectual property rights.

However, the progress of the work has not been ideal. Although the number of patent applications has increased slightly compared to previous years, the gap with other major countries in the world is still huge.

The reason for this is that the patent application process is quite complicated, and few laypeople have the patience to study it slowly.

Patent agencies charge high intermediary fees, and public awareness of patents is still relatively weak, so few ordinary businesses and individuals are willing to spend money to apply for patents.

Some companies apply for the permit, but they only use it as a gimmick to promote their business and products.

Moreover, patent infringement among small businesses is also commonplace.

Because of the difficulty in identifying patent infringement cases and the complexity of loss assessment, patent lawsuits are extremely difficult to litigate, and are both time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Small businesses or ordinary individuals rarely have the energy to afford it.

This is also one of the reasons why it is difficult to implement intellectual property policies and why the number of patent applications is increasing slowly.

As long as Zhou Min's plan can be implemented...

Wan He believes that their department will no longer have to worry about the number of patent applications.

After Zhou Min finished her presentation, Wan He asked in a friendly tone, "Your idea is very good, but given the scale of the platform you just mentioned, it might require a large investment. Have you calculated that beforehand?"

"Yes, our initial budget is 2000 million. If we use 1000 million for patent application and registration fees, we can apply for at least 2700 invention patents."

"The remaining 1000 million will be used to pay employee salaries and utilities. The principal of 1000 million plus its interest should be enough to pay the salaries of 50 patent engineers for a year and a half."

"Assuming that a patent engineer can write an invention patent in 10 days, then 50 patent engineers could complete the application and submission of these 2700 invention patents in 18 months."

"During this process, we will also build several production lines as needed to produce some products that are popular in the market but whose patents have not yet been granted."

"After 18 months, the earliest patent applications will enter the substantive examination stage. At this point, we can sign agreements with some interested companies in advance..."

Before Zhou Min could finish speaking, Director Wan suddenly interrupted, "Our unit can open a fast-track pre-examination channel for you. You can get your invention patent authorized in as little as one month!"

"Huh?" Zhou Min was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

What's happening here?

Is there a fast-track pre-screening process?

Zhou Min had never heard of this before. Is the authorization obtained through this channel the same as the patent authorization obtained under normal examination?

Director Wan seemed to see the question in Zhou Min's mind and answered directly: "We have always had some fast review channels for certain technology fields."

"For example, in fields such as new materials, new energy, biomedicine, intelligent manufacturing, and Internet big data, which are strongly supported by the state, when applying for a patent, as long as a priority examination request and supporting materials are submitted, priority examination can be carried out, and authorization can generally be obtained in 5 to 9 months."

"The fast-track pre-examination channel is a green channel provided by our department for some special institutions. These institutions need to register with our pre-examination center in advance, and then submit their applications to the State Intellectual Property Office for review. After the review is approved, the information is entered into the pre-examination center system."

“From now on, patent applications submitted by these institutions will go through our fastest review channel. Invention patents can usually be granted in just 1 to 6 months. The review speed for other patents will be even faster.”

"Moreover, if a patent application submitted through this channel fails the review, no official fees need to be paid."

Director Wan explained it very carefully.

Zhou Min could no longer contain her excitement. She picked up her water glass and toasted Director Wan with tea instead of wine.

"Director Wan, thank you so much. With this channel, I'm confident I can get this done."

If Zhou Min was only 50% confident that she could accomplish this task before, she is now 90% confident.

Hearing Zhou Min's words, Director Wan and Director Yang were clearly very happy.