Keywords
Transformation of scientific and technological achievements
Allocation of rights and responsibilities
Submitted : 2026-03-16
Accepted : 2026-03-31
Published : 2026-04-15
Abstract
Industry-academia collaboration serves as a core engine for technological innovation and industrial upgrading, with the collaborative linkage among entities involved in the transformation of university patent achievements being a key factor in deepening industry-academia collaboration. Currently, there exists a mismatch between the existing mechanism for allocating rights and responsibilities and the actual needs of the diverse entities involved in industry-academia collaboration integration. Focusing on the practical dilemmas in core areas such as ownership division, benefit distribution, and responsibility allocation, this paper employs a multi-dimensional perspective to analyze the formation mechanisms and proposes optimized pathways for improving the allocation of rights and responsibilities. The paper aims to clarify the boundaries of rights and responsibilities among transformation entities, strengthen collaborative linkages, resolve the imbalance of rights and responsibilities, activate the vitality of industry-academia collaboration innovation, and promote the efficient transformation of university patent achievements into practical productivity.
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