Analysis on the causes and countermeasures of the dilemma in medical patents transfer

Objective To investigate the causes of the dilemma in the medical patents transfer, analyze the corresponding countermeasures. Methods The research clarify the causes of the dilemma in the medical patents transfer and put forward countermeasures to promote the medical patents transfer according to depth interviews to relevant personnel involved in medical patents transfer and literature analysis. Results A lot of factors, including the professionalism and technical of the medical patents, the special status of the inventor, the imperfect institutions, attitude of hospital administration to the medical patents transfer and environment which ignore the medical patents transfer, lead to the dilemma of the medical patents transfer. Countermeasures like the establishment of a special transformation entity, the incentives for transformation personnel, improve the transformation system and processes can promote the medical patents transfer. Conclusions Comprehensive consideration of the objective environment, the effective using of available resources, encouraging collaborations between hospitals and enterprises to making good use of their own advantages, as well as ask for related regulatory support, can help the smooth transfer of medical patents. Key words: Medical patents transfer; Dilemma; Cause; Countermeasure