The amount and value of the intangible assets owned by a company betokens the companys technological level and its competitive capability. Under the influence of the integration of the world economic and the globalization of the intellectual property protection, a number of pesticide enterprises in Chinas agrochemical market have realized the importance of intellectual property protection and began to attach great attention to it. The below table lists Chinese companies which have relatively more patent applications.
Part of Pesticide Companies with over 50 Patent Applications in China
|
Company Name |
Total Applications |
Invention |
Utility Model |
Product Design |
|
Syngenta (China) Investment Co., Ltd. |
633 |
496 |
0 |
137 |
|
Institute of Plant Protection of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences |
417 |
386 |
29 |
2 |
|
Shaanxi Meibang Pesticide Co., Ltd. |
392 |
391 |
0 |
1 |
|
Guangxi Tianyuan Biochemistry Corp., Ltd. |
219 |
203 |
9 |
7 |
|
Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Group Co., Ltd. |
159 |
158 |
1 |
0 |
|
Jiangsu Rotam Chemistry Co., Ltd. |
143 |
125 |
1 |
17 |
|
Shaanxi Sunger Road Bio-science Co., Ltd. |
142 |
142 |
0 |
0 |
|
Chongqing Unisplendour Chemical Co., Ltd. |
140 |
137 |
3 |
0 |
|
Beijing Yanhua Yoloo Pesticide Co., Ltd. |
118 |
118 |
0 |
0 |
|
Hainan Zhengye Zhongnong High-tech Co., Ltd. |
115 |
114 |
0 |
1 |
|
Shanghai Unilinb Crop Science and Technology Co., Ltd. |
106 |
106 |
0 |
0 |
|
Anhui Guangxin Agrochemical Co., Ltd. |
93 |
6 |
82 |
5 |
|
Guangxi Research Institute of Chemical Industries |
92 |
77 |
1 |
14 |
|
Jiangsu Huifeng Agrochemical Co., Ltd. |
90 |
62 |
0 |
28 |
|
Shangdong Weifang Rainbow Chemical Co., Ltd. |
85 |
80 |
1 |
4 |
|
Lier Chemical Co., Ltd. |
84 |
54 |
3 |
27 |
|
Anhui Fengle Agrochemical Co., Ltd. |
80 |
74 |
2 |
4 |
|
Beijing Green Nonghua Crop Protection Science and Technology Co., Ltd. |
74 |
71 |
0 |
3 |
|
Bayer CropScience China Co., Ltd. |
67 |
58 |
6 |
3 |
|
Jiangsu Fengshan Group Co., Ltd. |
57 |
15 |
0 |
42 |
|
Zhejiang Shenghua Biok Biology Co. Ltd. |
57 |
48 |
8 |
1 |
|
Jiangsu Changqing Agrochemical Co., Ltd. |
56 |
52 |
4 |
0 |
The above data were collected before 30th March, 2014.
Certainly, compared with multinationals which have a mature IPR system, intangible assets occupy a quite low position in the total assets of China’s enterprises. Furthermore, the proportion of technological assets is particularly low in the intangible assets. The Chinese pesticide enterprises still have a long way to go in order to stand out among its competitive foreign counterparts.
