ASSESSMENT OF INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL WHILE COMMERCIALIZING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ITEMS: RUSSIA AND COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
The analysis of intellectual potential of the Russian Federation and the leading countries of the world in 2016 is considered. The indicators – «the number of applications for patents», «the number of patents for inventions granted», and «the number of applications for 1 million people» have been considered and shown that such countries as Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Japan have been in the top10 countries. Russia in this indicator also occupies leading positions, - 7th place after Germany. The rating of countries and organizations by the number of patent applications is presented. It was revealed that more than 85% of all international applications were from the commercial sector, followed by individuals, universities and the public sector. The leading companies in the ranking of the leading PCT applicants in 2016 were international telecommunications companies «ZTE Corporation» and Huawei Technologies. At the same time, seven of the top ten applicants were from Asia. The Swedish company Ericsson (11th in the rating) took the highest position among European companies. For a comprehensive assessment of intellectual potential, the use of the country`s intellectual potential index is suggested, which takes into account all aspects of intellectual potential: human, organizational and consumer (image). This will take into account the educational component, the technical side (patents for inventions) and commercial (trademarks) one. It is justified that assessment is not the goal, it is one of the stages of commercialization of intellectual property items. The scheme of commercialization of intellectual property items is developed and graphically presented in connection with assessment of intellectual potential and the actual result.
Keywords: intellectual property items, intellectual potential, commercialization of intellectual property items, intellectual potential index of the country.
Highlights:
the analysis of intellectual potential of the leading countries of the world in 2016 showed high quantitative indicators of filing applications for international patents for inventions;
the Russian Federation, despite the decrease in the number of applications and patents granted in 2016, held the leading position in terms of the number of applications for 1 million people (7th place after Germany);
the rating of countries and organizations by the number of patent applications showed that seven organizations out of the top ten applicants were from Asia, three were from the United States. More than 85% of all international applications were the commercial sector, leading companies in the ranking of leading applicants in 2016 were the telecommunications companies «ZTE Corporation» and Huawei Technologies;
for a comprehensive assessment of intellectual potential, it is proposed to use the country`s intellectual potential index, which includes the following indicators: the proportion of the population with a higher education; the number of issued patents for inventions per 1 million of the population; the number of certificates for a trademark per 1 million of the population valid at the time of the assessment;
assessment of intellectual potential is an important stage while commercializing intellectual property. The scheme of the commercialization process presented in the study, based on the full consideration and evaluation of both potential opportunities (at the input) and actual results (at the output), will make it possible to turn intellectual property items into a powerful tool of the country`s innovative development.
Svetlana V. Domnina, Doctor of Economics, Associate Professor, Professor of Land Management and Cadastre Department, Samara State University of Economics; Svetlana Y. Salynina, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor of Management and Economics of Culture Department, Samara State Institute of Culture.