Recently, a ceremony was held in Zhengzhou high-tech development zone in honor of banks releasing patent-collateralized loans to small- and medium-sized enterprises.
Two enterprises in Zhengzhou have obtained 15 million yuan and 5 million yuan worth of loans respectively.
An agreement on patent-collateralized financing strategies with the credit limit of one billion yuan was signed by Henan Provincial Intellectual Property Office and Zhengzhou Bank.
After the ceremony, leaders and representatives from provincial departments, enterprises and intellectual property agencies communicated with each other on patent pledge financing for SMEs. They have also exchanged opinions on several issues including the key patterns of domestic and foreign patent pledge financing, the methods conducted by banks and enterprises to reduce the risk of patent pledge, the importance of patent evaluation and etc.
In addition, officials from IP offices, delegates from banks and experts from asset evaluating companies introduced policies and practice on patent pledge financing to businesses and IP agencies.
(Source:IPR in China)
