Promoting nursing patents and eliminating barriers to the implementation of nursing intellectual property rights

Objective As one of the important parts of medical scientific research outcomes, the significance of nursing patents is becoming more and more prominent during recent years. However, the nursing department is the blind spot of intellectual property in most hospitals. This article tried to explore strategies to eliminate barriers to the implementation of nursing intellectual property rights in order to promote nursing patents. Methods This paper conducted systematic analysis of the problems and obstacles in the implementation and transformation of nursing patents, and proposed tailored administrative plan. Results Identified obstacle factors include personal reasons of the nursing staff, heavy daily clinical work, as well as the immature patent system and patent market in China. Accordingly, our hospital adopted several corrective measurements, for instance, improving the support for the implementation of nursing patents, strengthening the cultivation and incubation of the intellectual property of nursing staff and standardizing the patent management. Conclusions These measures have effectively improved the awareness and enthusiasm of nurses′ patent knowledge. And we have obtained the ice breaking of the transformation of nursing patents in our hospital. Key words: Translational medicine; Nursing patents; Patent transfer